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Extract from the Pyrgos Travel Guides:
PYRGOS
has a grim recent history. When the Germans withdrew at the end of World War II, it remained under the control of Greek Nazi collaborators. These negotiated surrender with the Resistance, who were met by gunfire as they entered the town. Full-scale battle erupted and for five days the town burned. Today, though friendly enough, it's simply a large, functional, modern Greek town and proudly hosts the Currant Institute of the Autonomous Currant Organization; if you can avoid an enforced overnight stay, do so. Diversions are nonexistent for the tourist, except for the avid clothes shopper (clothes shops here are abundant and well stocked...
read the whole Pyrgos Travel Guides...
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