Pylos historically known under its Italian name Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It was the capital of the former Pylia Province. Nearby villages include Gialova, Elaiofyto, Schinolakka, and Palaionero. The town of Pylos has 2,561 inhabitants, the municipal unit of Pylos 5,402 (2001).
Pylos (Greek” Πύλος) is an important archaeological site located on the western coast of the Peloponnese in Greece. Bronze Age Pylos was first excavated by Carl Blegen in 1952, the site located at modern Ano Englianos some 9 km north-east of the bay. Blegen dubbed the remains of a large Mycenean palace excavated there the so-called “Palace of Nestor”, after the Homeric ruler Nestor, who ruled over “Sandy Pylos” in the Iliad. Linear B tablets recovered from the site by Blegen clearly demonstrate that the site was called Pylos (Mycenaean Greek Pulos, Linear B Pu-ro) by its Mycenean inhabitants. The site of Pylos was abandoned sometime after the 8th century BCE—it was apparently unknown in the Classical Period.

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