Piryi
Pyrgi is a village on the Greek island of Chios, known as the "painted village" on account of the decoration of the houses. This mostly consists of black and white decorative motifs in different shapes.Photo: Kostisl, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 755 residents
- Description: village in Chios, Greece
- Also known as: “Pirghi”, “Pirgi”, “Piryí”, “Piryíon”, “Pyrgi”, “Pyrgi, Greece”, and “Pyrgion”
- Postal code: 82102
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Chios Mastic Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mastichochoria and Emporeios.
Mastichochoria
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mastichochoria is an agricultural area in the Greek island of Chios. It is the most prominent producer of the mastic, a resin obtained from the domesticated mastic tree; in fact, the tree is endemic to this area and, thus, the resin grown there has a PDO status.
Emporeios
Village
Photo: Heidizag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emporio is a prehistoric settlement in the southeastern part of the island of Chios in the Mastichochoria municipality of Greece. Pyrgi is the largest village nearby. Emporeios is situated 5 km southeast of Piryi.
Elata
Village
Elata is a Greek village on the island of Chios. The village is situated on hilly terrain and has a population of several hundred. Elata is situated 7 km north of Piryi.
Piryi
- Category: locality
- Location: Chios, Chios, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.22721° or 38° 13′ 38″ northLongitude
25.99893° or 25° 59′ 56″ eastPopulation
755Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)Open location code
8GC76XGX+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1392106993OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
255188Wikidata ID
Q1782670
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Piryi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيرغي”
- Cebuano: “Pyrgíon”
- Dutch: “Pyrgi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پيرجى”
- Finnish: “Pyrgí”
- French: “Pyrgí”
- French: “Pyryí”
- German: “Pyrgi”
- Greek: “Πυργί Χίου”
- Greek: “Πυργί”
- Greek: “Πυργίον”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pyrgi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pyrjí”
- Norwegian: “Pyrgi”
- Persian: “پیرغی”
- Russian: “Пирьи”
- Swedish: “Pyrgíon”
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Highlights include Tower of Pyrgi and Ιερός Ναός Αγίων Αποστόλων Πυργίου.
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