Pyrgos or Pyrgus (Greek: ''Πύργος'', "tower") may refer to:
Places
Greece
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Pyrgos, Boeotia, a village north of Orchomenos in Boeotia, believed by some to be the site of classical Tegyra
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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
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Pyrgos, Elis, capital city of Elis
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Pyrgos, Heraklion, a village in the municipal unit of
Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete
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Pyrgus (Elis), a town of ancient Elis
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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, Bulgaria
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Pyrgos, Cyprus, a town on Morphou Bay
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Pyrgos, Limassol, village near Limassol, Cyprus
*''Pyrgos Aphekou'', ancient Greek name for
Majdal Yaba, Palestine
Other
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Henry Pyrgos (born 1989), Scottish rugby union player
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Leonidas Pyrgos (1871–?), Greek fencer, the first modern Greek Olympic medallist in 1896
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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
See also
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Pyrgo (disambiguation)
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Pyrgus
''Pyrgus'' is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genera '' Burnsius'' and '' ...
'', a butterfly genus
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