Pyrrichos
Pyrrichos is one of the oldest towns in Mani peninsula, Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit East Mani. It was promised to Achilles by the Achaeans if he took part in the Trojan War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 32 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Also known as: “Kávalon”, “Pirihos”, “Pírrikhos”, “Pýrrichos”, and “Pyrrichos Lakonias”
- Postal code: 23066
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vachos and Drosopigi.
Vachos
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vachos is a village, which is situated 2½ km north of Pyrrichos.
Drosopigi
Village
Photo: Papadothomakos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drosopigi or "Tserova" is a small village in the Peloponnese of southern Greece. It is on the Mani Peninsula in the administrative region of Laconia. It is part of the municipality of East Mani near the city of Gytheio. Drosopigi is situated 3 km northeast of Pyrrichos.
Sotiras, Lakonia
Village
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sotiras, Lakonia is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Pyrrichos.
Pyrrichos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: East Mani, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.65639° or 36° 39′ 23″ northLongitude
22.43426° or 22° 26′ 3″ eastPopulation
32Elevation
397 metres (1,302 feet)Open location code
8G84MC4M+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 7391172093OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
255200Wikidata ID
Q21591279
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Turkish—“Pyrrichos” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Κάβαλος”
- Greek: “Πύρριχος Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Πύρριχος”
- Greek: “Χέρσοβα”
- Pontic: “Χέρσοβα”
- Russian: “Пирихос”
- Turkish: “Hırsova”
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