Castle of Pylos | Land and sea | Messene

Modern Pylos is a beautiful small seaside town with glorious history. The heart of the town is the central Square of the Three Admirals, busy all day and all night long. It is a meeting point under tall plane trees and their vast shade. One tree is called the "plane of Lykoudis" bearing the name of the man who planted it in 1880, Petros Lykoudis, the former fort guard of Pylos.

At the centre of the square stands the monument of the Battle of Navarino, a work of sculptor Thomopoulos. It is the epicentre of accounts, celebrations and a meeting point. The monument has three sides and each presents the figure of a fleet admiral of the three powers, Britain, France and Russia that fought against the Turkish–Egyptian navy in the naval battle that took place in 1827, namely: Edward Codrington, Henri de Rigny, and L. Heyden. On the base of statue lie two canons, one Ottoman and the other Venetian, symbolizing the civilizations that existed in the region.