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Pyrgos Dirou
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| Dirou Tower: The 274 residents and a Municipal District (627k.) Itilo Municipality with settlements ARROW (12k.) Gklezou (54k.), Kalou (74k.) Nikandros (21k.), Harry (90k. ) and Charouda (37k.). Located 78 kilometers south of Sparta and is mainly known for the famous caves (Alepotrypa, or shelters and Glyfada Vlihada), located near the sea, a distance of 4 km or Vlihada Glyfada is the most beautiful in the world and limnospilaio visit is making a boat trip 1600m. in an underground river. The place-name evidenced by the medieval years. This rebutted the summer of 1826 the Egyptian forces of Ibrahim Maniots and Maniatisses. The district Petrolakkos dominates the teichismeno Sklavounakis complex. On the east side of the enclosure stands exaorofos polemopyrgos, height 19 m, built in 1812. The bay Dirou are the caves of exceptional interest and Vlihada Alepotrypas. | |
On the east side of the bay Dirou is a small but
charming cave under the name Tsitavekia. In the village, mentioned in 1571, is
the chieftain of pyrgosygkrotima Sklavounakis a multi building of 1812, with
exaorofo 25m tower height., Enclosure, tanks and a family cemetery chapel.
Notable are the Byzantine churches of St. Peter (11th century). Taxiarchis and
(11th century). Gklezou the settlement. Here was the Historian writer, historian
and publicist, Anthony Xepapadakos, coming from old family history, with the
Byzantine genarchi noble Nikandros (1262). The place-name evidenced by the
medieval years. This rebutted the summer of 1826 the Egyptian forces of Ibrahim
Maniots and Maniatisses. The district Petrolakkos dominates the teichismeno
Sklavounakis complex. On the east side of the enclosure stands exaorofos
polemopyrgos, height 19 m, built in 1812. The bay Dirou are the caves of
exceptional interest and Vlihada Alepotrypas
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