Ampelofyto
Ampelofyto is a village in Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia and has about 263 residents. Ampelofyto is situated nearby to the town Chora, as well as near the village Pyrgos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 263 residents
- Description: village in Greece
- Also known as: “Agorélitsa”, “Agourélitsa”, “Ambelófiton”, “Ambelofyto”, “Ambelofyto, Messinia”, and “Ampelófyto”
- Postal code: 24400
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palace of Nestor and Archaeological Museum of Chora.
Palace of Nestor
Castle
Photo: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palace of Nestor was an important centre in Mycenaean times, and described in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad as Nestor's kingdom of "sandy Pylos". The palace featured in the story of the Trojan War, as Homer tells us that Telemachus: The site is the best preserved Mycenaean Greek palace discovered. Palace of Nestor is situated 3 km south of Ampelofyto.
Archaeological Museum of Chora
Museum
Photo: AlMare, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Chora is a museum in Chora, Messenia, in southern Greece, whose collections focus on the Mycenaean civilization, particularly from the excavations at the Palace of Nestor and other regions of Messenia.
Griffin Warrior Tomb
Tomb
The Griffin Warrior Tomb is a Bronze Age shaft tomb dating to around 1450 BC, near the ancient city of Pylos in Greece. The grave was discovered by a research team sponsored by the University of Cincinnati and led by husband-and-wife archaeologists Jack L. Griffin Warrior Tomb is situated 3 km south of Ampelofyto.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chora and Pyrgos.
Chora
Town
Photo: AlMare, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chora is a small town in the western part of Messenia, in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. With a population of 2,609 inhabitants as of 2021, it is the largest settlement in the municipality of Pylos-Nestoras and the sixth largest settlement in Messenia.
Pyrgos
Village
Pyrgos is a village in the municipality Trifylia, Peloponnese, Greece. Between 1912 and 1997, when it joined Gargalianoi, it was an independent community.
Lefki
Village
Photo: Geoandrios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lefki is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Ampelofyto.
Ampelofyto
- Category: locality
- Location: Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.05376° or 37° 3′ 14″ northLongitude
21.69469° or 21° 41′ 41″ eastPopulation
263Elevation
265 metres (869 feet)Open location code
8G933M3V+GVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1735465715OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
265216Wikidata ID
Q12873473
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Ampelofyto” goes by many names.
- French: “Ambelófyto”
- Greek: “Αγορέλιτσα” (historical)
- Greek: “Αμπελόφυτο Μεσσηνίας”
- Greek: “Αμπελόφυτο”
- Russian: “Амбелофитон”
- Russian: “Ампелофито”
- Turkish: “Ambelofyto, Messinia”
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