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Pyrgos

Pyrgos is a town on Thira, part of the archipelago in the island group known as the .
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  • Type: Village with 1,030 residents
  • Description: village in Greece
  • Also known as: “Pirghos”, “Pírgos”, “Pyrgos Kallistis”, and “Πύργος”
  • Postal code: 84701

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santorini International Airport and Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini).

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an airport in , Greece, located north of the village of . The airport serves as both a military and a civil airport.

Church
Photo: SteliosA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Historic building
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamari and Megalochori.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a seaside village on the southeast side of , an island that is part of the group of islands. It has a long black sand and shingle beach.

Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a very quiet traditional village sitting on a hill facing to the east in the heart of . The roads narrow frighteningly for a nervous passenger as you get closer to the village.

Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in .

Pyrgos

Latitude
36.3826° or 36° 22′ 57″ north
Longitude
25.4502° or 25° 27′ 1″ east
Population
1,030
Elevation
337 metres (1,106 feet)
Open location code
8G879FM2+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273819018
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
255234
Wiki­data ID
Q7263523
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Pyrgos” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “皮尔戈斯”
  • Dutch: “Pyrgos Kallistis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پيرجوس كاليستيس”
  • Finnish: “Pýrgos”
  • French: “Pýrgos Kallístis”
  • German: “Pyrgos Kallistis”
  • Greek: “Πύργος Καλλίστης Θήρας”
  • Greek: “Πύργος Καλλίστης”
  • Japanese: “ピルゴス・カリスティス”
  • Polish: “Pirgos”
  • Polish: “Pyrgos (Santoryn)”
  • Russian: “Пиргос Каллистис/Пиргос”
  • Russian: “Пиргос-Калистис”
  • Turkish: “Pyrgos Kallistis”

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