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Welcome to the virtual home of Pylos! Here, you can get information about the place, the history and culture of this beautiful town as well as other tips about everyday life and its course in time and space. But don't let yourself enjoy only its online presence. Visit Pylos all year round and get to know the scenery and its people!! This website is copyrighted material according to Greek and International Law and is the property of its creators. In effect, copying and publication of any parts of it is prohibited without the permission of its creators and is subject to legal action.

Updated: April 16, 2005

 

The following list of links refers to the area of Pylos alone. It is updated at regular intervals and it is the most complete internet guide available. It took a great amount of time and effort to collect these links in the vastness of cybersoace, so, enjoy your virtual tour! If you have a website about Pylos, and it is not yet included here, feel free to drop us a line, and we'll include it at once. For a more complete list of links about not only Finikounda, but also Methoni, Pylos and Messinia, visit our collective links page.

 

Pylos

(67 Links)

Pylos: Information about the area and its history from the Perseus Project with photos. (English)

Antonopouleion Museum: Information about the museum in Greek and English.

The Palace of Nestor at Englianos: Information and pictures in Greek and English.

The Palace of Nestor: Information about the palace at Ano Englianos, from the site of the Foundation of the Hellenic World, where you can also find out a lot of things concerning Mycenean habitation and settlements. (Greek and English)

Pylos: Mycenaean Residential Architecture, Palaces and Ordinary Housing, detailed description of the Palace rooms. (English)

The Palace of Nestor: Information and photographs. (English)

The Palace of Nestor at Pylos by Ioannis Georganas. (English)

The Palace of Nestor: 3D graphic representations. (German)

The Palace of Nestor: photographs from the Queen's hall and bathroom, the Throne room (reconstruction), the plan of the palace (LH III), from the slides of the Ambrose Collection (by Z. Philip Ambrose, Professor of Classics at the University of Vermont). (English)

The Mycenean Palace of Nestor: Photographs, information and ground plan of the Palace of Nestor, also of Nestor's Cave. (German)

Archaeological site of Voidokoilia in Greek and English.

Nestor's Cave: Location and history of the cave. (Greek)

Castle of Pylos-Niokastron: History and phots of the castle in Greek and English.

The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project: Introduction, Earliest Prehistory, The Palace of Nestor, Intensive Fieldwork in 1993, Historical Periods, Geoarchaeological Fieldwork, Palynological Analysis, Geographical Information System Database & Spatial Analysis, Plans for the 1994 Season & Conclusions. (English)

The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project: Preliminary Report on the 1994 Season. (English)

The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project, Internet Edition: All information about the project, 1996. (English)

The Pylos Project: Field Projects by the Minnesota Archaological Researches in the Western Peloponnese. (English)

Iklaina Survey Project: Field Studies in Greek Archaeology and History. (English)

3rd Office of Primary Education: Information about educational matters, and some photos of Pylos and the wider area. (Greek)

High School of Pylos, class 1949-1955: Old photographs and memories from the classmates of the years 1949-1955. ( Greek and English)

High School of Pylos: The school's website with information about Pylos and the school's acivities. (Greek)

Pylos: Mythology of the area (English)

Pylos: Location and mythology. (English)

Pylos and Mycenae-Bronze Age Greece: Information about the early history of the area in slides. (English)

The Linear B Tablets and Mycenaean Social, Political, and Economic Organization. (English)

Pylos Tablet Tn 316: Translation of the tablet and notes. (English)

Texts from Pylos: Mycenaean and Late Cycladic Religion and Religious Architecture. (English)

Archaeological finds in Pylos: Index of pictures. (English)

Frescoes at the Palace of Nestor: Mycenaean Pictorial Art and Pottery, and information based on the frescoes found at the Palace of Nestor, very detailed presentation. (English)

The Pylos frescoes: Information on the frescoes found in the Palace of Nestor. (English)

On the form of Mycenaean Ships: Dr D. Kamarinou's announcement on ship construction in antiquity, Pylos 25-29/8/99, International Symposium TROPIS. (English)

The collapse of Mycanean Palatial civilization and the coming of the Dorians: Text and bibliography. (English)

Occupation of Pylos: The History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides, written in 431 B.C.E and translated by Richard Crawley, this is the fourth book. (English)

Pylos campaign and Sicilian expedition: Background and context for the readings from Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, in The Intellectual Revolution (JACT; Cambridge University Press, 1980). (English)

The Peloponnesian War: Overview and the events concerning Pylos and Sfaktiria. With Aerial photos of Sfaktiria and the bay of Pylos. (English)

Pylos in the Homeric Hymns by Hesiod. (English)

Pylos in Plutarch's Nicias, translated by John Dryden. (English)

Blegen at Pylos: Brief history of Pylos and of the excavations. (English)

The naval battle of Navarino: Brief account of the naval battle. (English)

The treasure of the naval battle of Navarino in 1827: Article about the sunk ships in the bay of Navarino and what their cargo was. (Greek)

NESTOR Institute for Deep Sea Research, Technology and Neutrino Astroparticle Physics: The official site of the Institute, where you can find information about the Institute, its scientific programme (projects, computing, labs, naval infrastructure), latest news, links, updated seminars, selected photographs, events and publications. (Greek and English)

3rd NESTOR International Workshop: Information on the workshop which took place October 19-21, 1993 in Pylos. (English)

The Greybook : Abstract about the Nestor Institute, and the deep sea netrino telescope. (English)

Divari Lagoon: Hellenic Ornithological Society, the information about the area of Pylos in Greek and English.

The Gialova Lagoon Project, by the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete: Case study of the lagoon and the effect on the fauna and flora of its exploitation by man. A very interesting site, with photographs and information about the project and the lagoon. (English)

The meiofaunal community structure of a Mediterranean lagoon (Gialova lagoon, Ionian Sea): Abstract and article in pdf format by V. E. McArthur, D. Koutsoubas, N. Lampadariou, C. Dounas. (English)

Annelid fauna of a Mediterranean lagoon (Gialova Lagoon, south-west Greece): community structure in a severely fluctuating environment: Abstract in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, by C. Arvanitidis, D. Koutsoubas, C. Dounas, A. Eleftheriou. (English)

The Pylos Lagoon: The struggle for survival of the birds of the Peloponnese. (English)

The Gialova Lagoon: Pictures from the Gialova lagoon, at the homepage of Alexie Papanicolaou, a biology student in the University of Edinburgh who was there on an expedition with a group of people studying the migratory birds. (English)

Vacation and caring for the birds: Volunteer work at the laggon in Pylos, and other parts of Greece. (Greek)

Chameleon Trekking: Travel Agency located in Gialova. (Greek, English)

The port of Pylos: Information and plan of the marina in Pylos. (English)

Greek Seismic Stations: The National Seismic Network with coordinates and the Nestor observatory. (English)

The port of Pylos: All information about the port of Pylos, docking, navigation, berthing information etc. (English)

Cruise port-Pylos: Which cruises stop at Pylos. (English)

Biopolitics and Ancient Pylos: Article about the importance of Pylos as a centre for underwater archaeology and marine military studies, by Prof. Andreas Panagopoulos. (Greek)

Construction activities: General construction plans and environmental planning about the area of Pylos. (Greek)

Pylos Diving Club: Photo Gallery, activities, etc. (Greek and English)

Pylos: Article on Pylos in the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. (english)

Pylos: Some information and photos of historical interest. (English)

Nikos Spyropoulos website about Pylos.

Luca's Homepage: Useful information about a boating trip in the area. (English)

Pylos marine: Underwater fishing in Pylos as well as information about boating, fishing and swimming essentials in Pylos. (Greek and English)

Hotels in Pylos. A table with some hotels. The table is in English but the information is in Greek.

Red-Valley Pylos Computer's Center: Some photos of Pylos. The site is still under construction (English)

Pylos: some photos of Pylos and the area. (Italian)

Pylos, Methoni, and the naval battles of the Peloponnisos: Visitor's account of the commemorative celebrations of the naval battle of Navarinon on October 20-24 2001. (English)

 

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