Old Navarino castle

The Old Navarino castle is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near , . It is one of two castles guarding the bay on which it sits; the other is the Ottoman-built New Navarino.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle near Pylos, Greece
  • Also known as: “Old Navarino Castle”, “Old Pylos castle”, “Paleokastro”, and “Paleokastro of Navarino”
  • Historically known as: “Paleo Avarino”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Voidokilia and Nestor’s cave.

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Beach is a popular beach in Messinia, southern , on the Ionian Sea. In the shape of the Greek letter omega, its sand forms a semicircular strip of dunes.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 190 metres north of Old Navarino castle.

Lagoon
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– 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 , near the village of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petrochori and Romanos.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km north of Old Navarino castle.

Village
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or Romanou for locals is a village and a community in the municipality , Messenia, . It is 9 km north of . It is part of the Nestoras municipal unit. is situated 4 km north of Old Navarino castle.

Village
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is a village on Navarino Bay in the municipality of Pylos-Nestor in the regional unit of Messenia in the south-west , , about six kilometres north of . The name derives from Greek γιαλός and Turkish ova, i.e. "lowland shore". is situated 4 km east of Old Navarino castle.

Old Navarino castle

Latitude
36.95811° or 36° 57′ 29″ north
Longitude
21.65733° or 21° 39′ 26″ east
Elevation
125 metres (410 feet)
Open location code
8G83XM54+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5081354586
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6942691
Wiki­data ID
Q7084800
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“Old Navarino castle” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Боронғо Наварин ҡәлғәһе”
  • Chinese: “舊納瓦里諾城堡”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة نافارينو القديمه”
  • Finnish: “Palaiókastro (Pýlos)”
  • Finnish: “Palaiókastro”
  • French: “château du Vieux-Navarin”
  • French: “Château du Vieux-Navarin”
  • German: “Paleokastro von Navarino”
  • Greek: “Παλαιόκαστρο Ναυαρίνου”
  • Greek: “Παλιόκαστρο Ναβαρίνο”
  • Greek: “Παλιοναβαρίνο”
  • Russian: “Пелеокастро Наварину”
  • Russian: “Старая Наваринская крепость”
  • Spanish: “Castillo antiguo de Navarino”
  • Turkish: “Eski Navarin Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Стара фортеця (Наваріно)”
  • Ukrainian: “Стара фортеця”

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