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Pyrgi, Greece

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Apostoloi (the older church, built probably during 15th century), Koimisis Theotokou and Taxiarchis. The village stands out from the other mastic villages because its houses are worked with decorative motifs in different shapes. The decorative motifs in the facade of the houses are called "Xistà".
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Pyrgi still keeps the medieval style. The settlement's roads are narrow and are covered with arches or vaults. In the middle of the village there is a tower with a height of 18 meters. Around it, there are walls with four towers in the corners. In the village, there are three old churches, Agioi
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Pyrgi is possibly a medieval settlement, built before 10th century. It gathered population from different villages, whose residents settled in Pyrgi to avoid the pirates' raids. It is mentioned in documents of the 11th, 14th and 15th centuries. The village didn't suffer damage from the
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agriculture. These villages have been added in representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO. The population of Pyrgi is 1,063 inhabitants according to the 2021 census.
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and so it keeps the medieval style. Pyrgi became the seat of the Mastic community and nowadays it is the seat of
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each year, it was considered less valuable than the similar medicinal earth produced by
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beyond any of the other substances that have been celebrated for the same purposes."
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but nonetheless reputed to be "the greatest of all cosmetics... giv a
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given that the Limnian earth was considered protective against
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BBC short documentary on the geometric decorations of Pyrgi
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A kind of white dirt found near Pyrgi was famed as an
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Pyrgi, Chios
Community
Street of Pyrgì
Pyrgi is located in Greece
38°13′N 25°59′E / 38.217°N 25.983°E / 38.217; 25.983
Greece
Administrative region
North Aegean
Regional unit
Chios
Municipality
Chios
Municipal unit
Mastichochoria
Time zone
UTC+2
EET
DST
UTC+3
EEST
Postal code
Area code(s)
Vehicle registration
Greek
[pirˈʝi]
Chios
island's capital
Mastic Villages
mastic
astringent

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