Alfeios is a small Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 village or settlement with a population of about 39 people and is situated approximately 5 miles east of the city of Pyrgos, Elis

Pyrgos, Elis

Pyrgos is the capital of the Elis peripheral unit in Greece. It is named after a local tower. The city is located in the western part of the Peloponnese, in the middle of a plain near the Ionian Sea. It is 96 km away from Patras via Greek National Road 9, 320 km from Athens, and...

. The main attractions of the village are the church of Metamorphosseos tou Sotiros and the church of Saint Raphael built by one of the villagers. The main square is situated in front of the train station, located at the junction where the line to Olympia branches off the mainline of the former Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways

Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways

Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways or SPAP was a Greek railway company founded in 1882, which owned and operated the line connecting Piraeus and Athens to Peloponnese. The company was nationalized in 1954 and absorbed by the Hellenic State Railways in 1962.-History:The first line section...

 from Pyrgos to Kyparissia and Kalamata. The neighbouring villages are Salmoni, Alfeioussa and Varvassena. It is also the birthplace of Metropolitan of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

, Anthimos (Roussos).