Pylos

Pylos, historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, , . Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
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  • Type: Town with 2,100 residents
  • Description: town in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece
  • Also known as: Navarino”, “Néon Kastrov”, and “Pílos
  • Postal code: 24001

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Pylos.

Museum

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gialova.

Village
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 Pylos. The name derives from Greek γιαλός and Turkish ova, i.e. "lowland shore". is situated 4 km north of Pylos.

Pylos

Latitude
36.9138° or 36° 54′ 50″ north
Longitude
21.6964° or 21° 41′ 47″ east
Population
2,100
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
GR NAV and GR PYL
Open location code
8G83WM7W+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1354924356
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
255293
Wiki­data ID
Q7263152
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Pylos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Pylos
  • Albanian: Navarini
  • Arabic: بيلوس
  • Armenian: Պիլոս
  • Asturian: Pilos
  • Azerbaijani: Pilos
  • Basque: Pilos
  • Basque: Pylos
  • Belarusian: Пілас
  • Breton: Pilos
  • Breton: Pylos
  • Bulgarian: Пилос
  • Catalan: Navarino
  • Catalan: Pilos
  • Catalan: Port Jonc
  • Cebuano: Pýlos
  • Central Kurdish: پیلۆس
  • Chinese: 派娄斯
  • Chinese: 皮洛斯
  • Chinese: 纳瓦林
  • Czech: Navarino
  • Czech: Neokastro
  • Czech: Pylos
  • Czech: Νεόκαστρο
  • Czech: Πύλος
  • Danish: Pylos
  • Dutch: Pilos
  • Dutch: Pylos
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيلوس
  • Esperanto: Piloso
  • Esperanto: Pylos
  • Finnish: Pýlos
  • French: Navarin
  • French: Pylos
  • French: Pýlos
  • Georgian: პილოსი
  • German: Navarin
  • German: Navarino
  • German: Pylos
  • Greek: Ζόγκλος
  • Greek: Ναβαρίνο
  • Greek: Νεόκαστρο Μεσσηνίας
  • Greek: Πύλος Μεσσηνίας
  • Greek: Πύλος
  • Hebrew: פילוס
  • Hungarian: Pülosz
  • Ido: Pilos
  • Indonesian: Pylos
  • Italian: Navarino
  • Japanese: ピュロス
  • Javanese: Pylos
  • Korean: 나바리노
  • Korean: 필로스
  • Latin: Navarino
  • Latin: Neocastrum
  • Latin: Pylos
  • Latvian: Pila (Grieķija)
  • Latvian: Pila
  • Macedonian: Наварино
  • Macedonian: Пилос
  • Maltese: Navarin
  • Maltese: Navarín
  • Maltese: Pilos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pylos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Pýlos
  • Norwegian: Pylos
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Pylosfleot
  • Persian: پیلوس (پلوپونز)
  • Persian: پیلوس
  • Polish: Pylos
  • Portuguese: Pilos
  • Portuguese: Pylos
  • Portuguese: Zonklon
  • Romanian: Navarino
  • Romanian: Pilos
  • Romanian: Pylos
  • Russian: Наварин, Неокастро
  • Russian: Пилос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pilos
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pylos
  • Slovak: Pylos
  • Slovenian: Pilos
  • Spanish: Navarín
  • Spanish: Navarino (Grecia)
  • Spanish: Pilos (Grecia)
  • Spanish: Pilos
  • Spanish: Pylos
  • Swedish: Pylos
  • Swiss German: Pylos
  • Tamil: பைலோஸ்
  • Thai: ปีโลส
  • Tosk Albanian: Pylos
  • Turkish: Navarin kalesi
  • Turkish: Navarin
  • Ukrainian: Наварин
  • Ukrainian: Пілос
  • Urdu: پیلوس
  • Uzbek: Pilos
  • Venetian: Navarin
  • Venetian: Navarino
  • Western Armenian: Փիլոս

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