Pyrgos, Regional capital in northwestern Peloponnese, Greece
Pyrgos is a city on flat land in northwestern Peloponnese, sitting about 4 kilometers from the Ionian Sea. The Alfeios River flows into the sea roughly 7 kilometers to the south.
The city started in the 1510s when a local ruler built a tower on a hill to keep watch over the fields. The settlement took its name from this tower.
The name comes from a tower built to watch over the surrounding fields, a detail that still shapes how locals talk about their home. Walking through town, you notice how this past connects to everyday life and local stories.
The city has a train station connecting to Katakolo port and Olympia. Buses run to Athens and Thessaloniki from here.
In the early 1500s, a farmer digging his fields found ancient gold coins, and this discovery led the Sultan Selim I to appoint him as the region's ruler. The find changed the place's fortune overnight.
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