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: “Navarín”, “Navarin kalesi”, “Navarino (Grecia)”, “Neocastrum”, “Neokastro”, “Néon Kastrov”, “Pílos”, “Pilos (Grecia)”, “Port Jonc”, “Zonklon”, “Ζόγκλος”, “Ναβαρίνο”, “Νεόκαστρο Μεσσηνίας”, “Πύλος Μεσσηνίας”, “Наварин”, “Наварин, Неокастро”, “Наварино”, “나바리노”, “派娄斯”, and “纳瓦林”
  • Postal code: 24001

Places of Interest

Highlights: Archaeological Museum of Pylos.

Museum
Photo: Harald Rossa, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gialova.

Village
Photo: Geoandrios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village on Navarino Bay in the… 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)
UN/LOCODE
GR PYL and GR NAV
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 Frisian—“Pylos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pylos”
  • Albanian: “Navarini”
  • Arabic: “بيلوس”
  • Armenian: “Պիլոս”
  • Asturian: “Pilos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pilos”
  • Basque: “Pilos”
  • Belarusian: “Пілас”
  • Breton: “Pilos”
  • Breton: “Pylos”
  • Bulgarian: “Пилос”
  • Catalan: “Pilos”
  • Cebuano: “Pýlos”
  • Central Kurdish: “پیلۆس”
  • Chinese: “皮洛斯”
  • Czech: “Pylos”
  • Danish: “Pylos”
  • Dutch: “Pylos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيلوس”
  • Esperanto: “Piloso”
  • Finnish: “Pýlos”
  • French: “Pylos”
  • French: “Pýlos”
  • Georgian: “პილოსი”
  • German: “Pylos”
  • Greek: “Πύλος”
  • Hebrew: “פילוס”
  • Hungarian: “Pülosz”
  • Ido: “Pilos”
  • Indonesian: “Pylos”
  • Italian: “Navarino”
  • Japanese: “ピュロス”
  • Javanese: “Pylos”
  • Korean: “필로스”
  • Latin: “Pylos”
  • Latvian: “Pila (Grieķija)”
  • Latvian: “Pila”
  • Macedonian: “Пилос”
  • Maltese: “Navarin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pylos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pýlos”
  • Norwegian: “Pylos”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Pylosfleot”
  • Persian: “پیلوس (پلوپونز)”
  • Persian: “پیلوس”
  • Polish: “Pylos”
  • Portuguese: “Pilos”
  • Romanian: “Pilos”
  • Romanian: “Pylos”
  • Russian: “Пилос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pylos”
  • Slovak: “Pylos”
  • Slovenian: “Pilos”
  • Spanish: “Pilos”
  • Spanish: “Pylos”
  • Swedish: “Pylos”
  • Swiss German: “Pylos”
  • Tamil: “பைலோஸ்”
  • Thai: “ปีโลส”
  • Turkish: “Navarin”
  • Ukrainian: “Пілос”
  • Urdu: “پیلوس”
  • Uzbek: “Pilos”
  • Venetian: “Navarin”
  • Western Armenian: “Փիլոս”
  • Western Frisian: “Pylos”
  • “Πύλος”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: NAVARINO BAY and Palaionero.

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