Details About Pylos

Also called Navarino, this attractive port on the Peleponnese peninsula east of Athens contains a Mycenaean castle from the 13th century BC, supposed to be the home of Homer’s King Nestor. It is the site of the maritime battle between Athens and Sparta in 425 BC. It was under Ottoman rule from the 15th through the first half of the 19th century, when the bay again was the site of a great marine battle known as the Battle of Navarino.