Skourochori
Skourochori is a village and a community in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The community includes the village Kato Kavouri. It is situated near the Ionian Sea, at the foot of a low hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 584 residents
- Description: village in Greece, Peloponnese, Elis
- Also known as: “Skourokhóri” and “Skourokhórion”
- Postal code: 27100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Panagia Skafidia Monastery and Tower of Skafidia.
Panagia Skafidia Monastery
Photo: Kolchak1923, CC0.
The Panagia Skafidia Monastery is an Orthodox Greek women's monastery dedicated to the Dormition of Theotokos and is located in the County of Elis, in the Local Community of Skafidia, 12 km outside the town of Pyrgos. Panagia Skafidia Monastery is situated 3½ km northwest of Skourochori.
Tower of Skafidia
Monastery
Photo: Kolchak1923, CC0.
Tower of Skafidia is a monastery, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Skourochori.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Ioannis and Leventochori.
Agios Ioannis
Village
Agios Ioannis is a settlement and community in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Peloponnese, Greece. It was an independent community between 1912 and 1997. The name translates as "Saint John". Agios Ioannis is situated 2½ km east of Skourochori.
Leventochori
Village
Leventochori is a village in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. It is located near the Ionian Sea, at the foot of a low hill. It is 1 km south of Skafidia, 3 km west of Skourochori, 4 km northeast of Katakolo and 10 km west of Pyrgos town centre. Leventochori is situated 2½ km west of Skourochori.
Skafidia
Village
Skafidia is a village and a community in the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. It is situated on the Ionian Sea coast, at the foot of a low hill. It is 1 km north of Leventochori, 3 km southwest of Myrtia and 11 km northwest of Pyrgos. Skafidia is situated 3 km northwest of Skourochori.
Skourochori
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Pyrgos, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.68595° or 37° 41′ 9″ northLongitude
21.35784° or 21° 21′ 28″ eastPopulation
584Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8G93M9P5+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 290679174OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
253529Wikidata ID
Q7536485
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Skourochori” goes by many names.
- French: “Skourochori”
- German: “Skourochori”
- Greek: “Skourochóri”
- Greek: “Skourochórion”
- Greek: “Σκουροχώρι Ηλείας”
- Greek: “Σκουροχώρι”
- Greek: “Σκουροχώριον”
- Irish: “Skourochori”
- Russian: “Скорохори”
- Russian: “Скурохори”
- “Skourochori”
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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 “Skourochori”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.