Kato Pyrgos
Kato Pyrgos is a village in Cyprus. Kato Pyrgos is the only Greek Cypriot village located on Morphou Bay and controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. Due to its location, being surrounded by the Troodos Mountains, the Turkish controlled exclave of Kokkina, and the Green Line, it is rather isolated and difficult to reach, and gets significant numbers of visitors only in August during summer vacation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,040 residents
- Description: community in Nicosia District, Republic of Cyprus
- Also known as: “Kato Pirgo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church Panagia Galoktisti.
Church Panagia Galoktisti
Church
Church Panagia Galoktisti or Galoktisti is one of the oldest churches in Cyprus built in the 12th–14th century, and is located on a hill between the two villages Kato Pyrgos and Pano Pyrgos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pano Pyrgos and Pigenia.
Pano Pyrgos
Hamlet
Pano Pyrgos is a village in Cyprus. It is controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. Due to its location, being surrounded by the Troodos Mountains, the Turkish controlled exclave of Kokkina, and the Green Line, it is rather isolated and difficult to reach and gets significant numbers of visitors only in August during summer vacation. Pano Pyrgos is situated 3 km south of Kato Pyrgos.
Pigenia
Hamlet
Pigenia is a small village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, southwest of Kato Pyrgos. The hamlet of Challeri is a part of the municipality. Pigenia is situated 3 km southwest of Kato Pyrgos.
Ammadies
Hamlet
Ammadies is an abandoned village in the Tilliria region of north-western Cyprus. De facto, Ammadies is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Ammadies is situated 3 km southeast of Kato Pyrgos.
Kato Pyrgos
- Categories: community of Cyprus Republic and locality
- Location: Káto Pýrgos, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.18123° or 35° 10′ 52″ northLongitude
32.68458° or 32° 41′ 5″ eastPopulation
1,040Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8G7J5MJM+FROpenStreetMap ID
node 155458770OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
146515Wikidata ID
Q22988437
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Kato Pyrgos” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kato Pirgos”
- Catalan: “Kato Pyrgos”
- Cebuano: “Káto Pýrgos”
- Finnish: “Káto Pýrgos”
- German: “Kato Pyrgos”
- Greek: “Káto Pýrgos”
- Greek: “Κάτω Πύργος”
- Hungarian: “Káto Pírgosz”
- Italian: “Aşağı Pirgo”
- Italian: “Kato Pyrgos”
- Persian: “پایرگوس”
- Polish: “Kato Pirgos”
- Russian: “Като Пиргос”
- Russian: “Пиргос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kato Pirgos”
- Sindhi: “پايرگوس، قبرص”
- Spanish: “Kato Pyrgos”
- Swedish: “Káto Pýrgos”
- Turkish: “Aşağı Pirgo”
- Urdu: “پایرگوس، قبرص”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kato Pyrgos”. Photo: Gustavobw, CC BY-SA 4.0.