Pyrgos

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

Places

Greece

• Chalastra, a village in Thessaloniki regional unit
• Myrtos Pyrgos, Minoan archaeological site near Myrtos, Crete
• Priniatikos Pyrgos, an archaeological site near Istron, in eastern Crete
• Pyrgos Dirou, a village in Laconia, municipality of Oitylo, Laconia
• Pyrgos Kallistis, a village in the island of Santorini
• Pyrgos, Tinos, a village in the island of Tinos
• Pyrgos, Boeotia, a village north of Orchomenos in Boeotia, believed by some to be the site of classical Tegyra
• Pyrgos, Corinthia, a mountain village in the municipality of Evrostini, Corinthia
• Pyrgos, Elis, capital city of Elis
• Pyrgos, Heraklion [fr], a village in the municipal unit of Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete
• Pyrgus (Elis), a town of ancient Elis
• Pyrgus (Triphylia), a town of ancient Triphylia, in Elis

Elsewhere

• Pyrgos, Greek name for the city of Burgas, Bulgaria
• Pyrgos, Cyprus, a town on Morphou Bay
• Pyrgos, Limassol, village near Limassol, Cyprus
• Pyrgos Aphekou, ancient Greek name for Majdal Yaba, Palestine

Other

• Henry Pyrgos (born 1989), Scottish rugby union player
• Leonidas Pyrgos (1871–?), Greek fencer, the first modern Greek Olympic medallist in 1896
• Pyrgos Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Pyrgos, Elis, Greece

See also

• Pyrgo (disambiguation)
• Pyrgus, a butterfly genus