Editing Pylos (section)

== Events ==
[[File:Navarinia_Pylos.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The "Navarinia" 2018 in the port of Pylos]]
Since 2017, every year around October 20, the "Navarinia" are organized in memory of the [[Battle of Navarino|battle of Navarino (20 October 1827)]] by the municipality of Pylos-Nestor and the volunteers of the local association who is in charge to organize the event.<ref name=":9">Official page of the event : https://navarinia.gr/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226020919/https://navarinia.gr/ |date=2020-02-26 }}</ref> Spread over a period of several days, the celebrations culminate on the anniversary of the battle in the port of Pylos, with the participation of the [[Hellenic Navy]] and diplomatic and military representatives of the three Allied countries. [[Frigate]]s of the Hellenic, British, French and Russian navies, as well as many [[Sailing ship|old sailing ships]] take part in the reenactment of the famous battle organized with an impressive [[Son et lumière (show)|sound and light show]]. The evening most often ends with the firing of a reconstructed ship that supposedly took part in the battle and with an impressive [[Fireworks|fireworks display]] fired from the port.

The celebrations are also accompanied on previous days by various cultural events that take place in parallel in other parts of the city (ceremonies and tributes to the dead on the various memorials of Pylos and of the region, national and international conferences, parades in the streets of Pylos, traditional musical and dance performances, etc.).<ref name=":9" /> Although organized at the end of the touristic season, these celebrations generally attract a large crowd of spectators. In 2019, the demonstrations, which took place in the presence of the [[President of Greece|President of the Hellenic Republic]], gathered more than 10,000 visitors.<ref>{{in lang|el}} « ''[https://www.huffingtonpost.gr/entry/perissoteroi-apo-10000-episkeptes-ston-eortasmo-ton-naearineion_gr_5db027fce4b08cfcc32501bb More than 10,000 visitors in the celebrations of the Navarinia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226004506/https://www.huffingtonpost.gr/entry/perissoteroi-apo-10000-episkeptes-ston-eortasmo-ton-naearineion_gr_5db027fce4b08cfcc32501bb |date=2021-12-26 }}'' », [[HuffPost]] Greece, 23 October 2019.</ref> In 2020, the Navarinia have been awarded the ''Gold Tourism Award 2020'' in the category Cultural Tourism.<ref>''[https://winners.tourismawards.gr/nayarineia-dimos-pyloy-nestoros-epitropi-nayarineion-kai-active-media-group/ Gold Tourism Award 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606145014/https://winners.tourismawards.gr/nayarineia-dimos-pyloy-nestoros-epitropi-nayarineion-kai-active-media-group/ |date=2020-06-06 }}'' (category "specialty travel – cultural tourism") attributed to « Navarinia – Municipality of Pylos–Nestoros, Navarinia Committee and Active Media Group ». In winners.tourismawards.gr</ref>

In 2025, the [[144th IOC Session]] was held in Pylos. [[Kirsty Coventry]] was elected as [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] at the session.