Pyrgos City (Greek: Πύργος)
is the capital of the
Prefecture of Ilia
in
Greece
and its located in the western part of the
Pelopennese.
Distance to its cities are 96 km (100 km before the
opening of the new
GR-9)
from
Patras,
320 km from
Athens,
144 km west of
Tripoli
and 12 km east of th etown of
Katakolo.
Pyrgos population is about 25,000 people and its near
Olympia
the place which the first
Olympics
tok place. The city is named for a local tower. Pyrgos
has one of the biggest squares in Greece with loads of
coffee shops, bars, restaurants, supermarkets, hospital,
hotels, and a large orthodox church. Traffic lights are
now installed downtown. It is bypassed by GR-9/E-55 or
GR-74 (eastbound) to its east. The city sits in the
middle of a plain in
Triphyllis.
It is situated about 4 km north of the
Alpheus
River. Its nearest communities are
Agios Georgios
to the north and
Lampeti
(Lambeti) to the east.