Pírgos or Pyrgos (both: pēr'gôs) , town (1991 pop. 28,660), capital of Ilía prefecture, SW Greece, in the Peloponnesus, near the mouth of the Alfiós River. It is a commercial center with various light industries. Pírgos was sacked by the Ottoman Turks in the Greek War of Independence.
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Pyrgos may refer to:
- Myrtos Pyrgos, Minoan archaeological site near Myrtos, Crete
- Pyrgos (Cyprus), a town on Morphou Bay
- Pyrgos, Limassol, village near Limassol
- Pyrgos Kallistis, a village in the island of Santorini, Greece
- Pyrgos, Corinthia a mountain village in the municipality of Evrostini, Greece
- Pyrgos, Ilia the capital of Elis, Greece
- Pyrgos, Heraklion a village of the municipality of Asterousia, Crete, Greece
- Pyrgos Dirou, a village in Laconia, part of the municipality of Oitylo
- Leonidas Pyrgos, the first modern Greek Olympic medallist in 1896
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