Pyrgos or Pyrgus (Greek: ''Πύργος'', "tower") may refer to:

Places

Greece

Chalastra Chalastra ( el, Χαλάστρα) is a town and former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Before 1926, it was known as Κουλουκιά - ''Kouloukia'' ( bg, Кулакия - ''Kulakiya''). It was renamed to ''Chalastra'' i ...

, a village in Thessaloniki regional unit *

Myrtos Pyrgos Pyrgos (also Myrtos-Pyrgos; el, Πύργος (στο Μύρτος)) is an archaeological site of the Minoan civilization near Myrtos in the municipality of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete. Pyrgos provides evidence of settlements along the ...

, Minoan archaeological site near Myrtos, Crete *

Priniatikos Pyrgos Priniatikos Pyrgos is an archaeological site near Istron River, in the eastern Cretan regional unit of Lasithi, (Greece). The nearest big town is Agios Nikolaos, Crete. The site is on a coastal promontory. It appears to have been first settled i ...

, an archaeological site near Istron, in eastern Crete *

Pyrgos Dirou Pyrgos Dirou ( el, Πύργος Διρού) is a town in Mani, Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Oitylo. It is located around from Areopoli. History The Battle of Vergas ( Greek War of Independence, 1824) took place near Diro ...

, a village in Laconia, municipality of Oitylo, Laconia *

Pyrgos Kallistis Pyrgos Kallistis or simply Pyrgos ( el, Πύργος Καλλίστης, lit=Tower) is a village on the Aegean island of Santorini, Greece, in the Cyclades archipelago with a population of 912 according to the 2011 census. Pyrgos is part of the M ...

, a village in the island of Santorini *

Pyrgos, Boeotia Pyrgos ( el, Πύργος Βοιωτίας) is a small village in Boeotia, possible site of Homeric Nisa (''Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to H ...

, a village north of Orchomenos in Boeotia, believed by some to be the site of classical Tegyra *

Pyrgos, Corinthia Pyrgos (Πύργος in Greek) is a mountain village located in Corinthia, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Xylokastro-Evrostina Xylokastro–Evrostina ( el, Ξυλόκαστρο-Ευρωστίνα) is a municipality in the Corinthia regi ...

, a mountain village in the municipality of Evrostini, Corinthia *

Pyrgos, Elis Pyrgos ( el, Πύργος, meaning "tower") is a city in the northwestern Peloponnese, Greece, capital of the regional unit of Elis and the seat of the Municipality of Pyrgos. The city is located in the middle of a plain, from the Ionian Sea. The ...

, capital city of Elis * Pyrgos, Heraklion, a village in the municipal unit of

Asterousia Asterousia ( el, Αστερούσια) is a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Archanes-Asterousia Archanes–Asterousia ( el, Αρχάνες-� ...

, Heraklion, Crete *

Pyrgus (Elis) Pyrgus or Pyrgos ( grc, Πύργος) was a fortified town of a district called Perippia, in Hollow Elis, in ancient Elis. It is mentioned by Polybius in conjunction with Lasion Lasion ( gr, Λασίων or Λασιών) was the chief town of th ...

, a town of ancient Elis *

Pyrgus (Triphylia) Pyrgus or Pyrgos ( grc, Πύργος) or Pyrgi or Pyrgoi () was the most southerly town of Triphylia in ancient Elis, at the mouth of the river Neda, upon the Messenian frontier, and hence described by Stephanus of Byzantium as a Messenian town. ...

, a town of ancient Triphylia, in Elis

Elsewhere

*''Pyrgos'', Greek name for the city of

Burgas Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a popu ...

, Bulgaria * Pyrgos, Cyprus, a town on Morphou Bay *

Pyrgos, Limassol Pyrgos ( gr, Πύργος) is a village east of the town of Limassol, Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the e ...

, village near Limassol, Cyprus *''Pyrgos Aphekou'', ancient Greek name for

Majdal Yaba Majdal Yaba ( ar, مجدل يابا) was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Ramle Subdistrict, located northeast of Ramla and east of Jaffa. A walled city stood at the same site as early ...

, Palestine

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Henry Pyrgos Henry Benjamin Pyrgos (born 9 July 1989) is a Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. Rugby Union career Amateur career Pyrgos was drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Pr ...

(born 1989), Scottish rugby union player *

Leonidas Pyrgos Leonidas Pyrgos (born 1874 in Mantineia, Arcadia; date of death unkwown) was a Greek fencer. Career Pyrgos was the first Greek Olympic medallist in the history of the modern Olympic Games, winning his fencing event of the 1896 Summer Olympics o ...

(1871–?), Greek fencer, the first modern Greek Olympic medallist in 1896 *

Pyrgos Stadium Pyrgos Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Pyrgos, Greece. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Paniliakos Paniliakos Football Club ( el, Πανηλειακός Α.Ο. Πύργου) is a Greek association ...

, a multi-use stadium in Pyrgos, Elis, Greece

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