Romanos
Romanos or Romanou for locals is a village and a community in the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia, Greece. It is 9 km north of Pylos. It is part of the Nestoras municipal unit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 290 residents
- Description: village in Messenia, Greece
- Also known as: “Romanos, Messenia”, “Romanoú”, and “Romanu”
- Postal code: 24001
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Navarino castle and Gialova Lagoon.
Old Navarino castle
Castle
Photo: Steve-milea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old Navarino castle is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near Pylos, Greece. It is one of two castles guarding the bay on which it sits; the other is the Ottoman-built New Navarino. Old Navarino castle is situated 4 km south of Romanos.
Gialova Lagoon
Lagoon
Photo: Xrisavgi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gialova Lagoon – also known as Divari, from the Latin word vivarium, meaning "fishery" – is a brackish body of water in the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, Greece, about 8 kilometres north of Pylos. Gialova Lagoon is situated 3½ km south of Romanos.
Nestor’s cave
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Nicholas Papastamatiou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nestor’s cave is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3½ km south of Romanos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petrochori and Tragana.
Tragana
Village
Photo: Geoandrios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tragana is a town in the municipality of Trifylia, Messenia in Greece. An early Bronze age cremation was found there.
Romanos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.99245° or 36° 59′ 33″ northLongitude
21.66326° or 21° 39′ 48″ eastPopulation
290Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
8G83XMR7+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 893009297OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
254238Wikidata ID
Q7362747
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In Other Languages
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Romanos”. Photo: Geoandrios, CC BY-SA 4.0.