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Pylos castle
The fortress of Pylos (Niokastro or Navarino) was built
by the Ottoman Turks in 1573 after their defeat in the
naval battle of Nafpaktos to protect the southern
entrance of Navarino Bay and to control the
commercial sea road from East to West and vice
versa .
In 1686-1715 it was under Venetian occupation
and in 1770 it was occupied by the Orlov brothers. In
1821, the Greeks captured Niokastro and preserved it
until 1825, when, after strong resistance, it was
handed over to Ibrahim.
In Navarino Bay, in October 1827, the fleet of Great
Allied Powers of the time (England, France and
Russia) marred and defeated Ibrahim in order to
force him to stop pillaging in Morea. The naval battle
of Navarino also marked the end of the Greek
Revolution of 1821.
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