Castle
Palaio Pyli
🇬🇷 Greece
Palaio Pyli (Greek Παλιό Πύλι (n. sg.)) is an abandoned village with a castle in the municipal district of Dikeos on the Greek Dodecanese island of Kos. The ruins lie on the northern slope of the island's mountains and offer very good views of the villages of Marmari (Kos) and Tigaki, the salt lake of Alykes and the sea.
Machine-translated from “Palio Pyli” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palaio Pyli ranks #4,005 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #59 of the 134 mapped in Greece. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,177 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Palaio Pyli?
Palaio Pyli stands in Greece, at 36.83892°, 27.1864°.
How famous is Palaio Pyli?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,005 of 8,133 worldwide, and #59 in Greece. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Palaio Pyli?
Antimachia Castle, about 7 km away.
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