The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Pírgos
or Pyrgos (both: pr´gôs) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 28,660), capital of Ilía prefecture, SW Greece, in the Peloponnesus, near the mouth of the Alfiós River. It is a commercial center with various light industries. Pírgos was sacked by the Ottoman Turks in the Greek War of Independence.