Palaiopyrgos
Palaiopyrgos is a village in the municipal unit Levidi, Arcadia in Greece. Its mediaeval name was Bodia or Bodea. It is best known as the source of the syrtos botiakos, a popular variety of the syrtos dance.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 164 residents
- Description: village in Tripoli, Arcadia, Greece
- Also known as: “Bondiá”, “Bontia”, “Palaiópirgos”, “Palaiópyrgos”, “Paliópirgos”, and “Paliopyrgos”
- Postal code: 22002
Places of Interest
Highlights include Theatre of Orchomenos.
Theatre of Orchomenos
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Theatre of Orchomenos is situated 3 km northwest of Palaiopyrgos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Levidi and Frousiouna.
Levidi
Village
Photo: Glorious 93, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Levidi is a small town and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit. Levidi is situated 5 km southwest of Palaiopyrgos.
Frousiouna
Village
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Frousiouna is a village, which is situated 7 km east of Palaiopyrgos.
Kandila
Village
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Kandila is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Levidi, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on the southern slope of the Oligyrtos mountain, at about 800 m elevation. Kandila is situated 7 km northeast of Palaiopyrgos.
Palaiopyrgos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Tripoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.71219° or 37° 42′ 44″ northLongitude
22.34562° or 22° 20′ 44″ eastPopulation
164Elevation
720 metres (2,362 feet)Open location code
8G94P86W+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1636483968OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
256068Wikidata ID
Q7126574
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Palaiopyrgos” goes by many names.
- French: “Paleópyrgos”
- Greek: “Μποντιά”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπυργος Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπυργος Λεβιδίου Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπυργος Λεβιδίου”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπυργος Τρίπολης Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Παλαιόπυργος”
- Greek: “Παλιόπυργος Αρκαδίας”
- Irish: “Palaiopyrgos”
- Japanese: “パレイオピルゴス”
- Russian: “Палеопиргос”
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Localities in the Area
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