Iklena

Iklena or Iklaina (Greek: Ίκλαινα) is a historic village in the province of Pylia, prefecture of Messenia, Greece. Approximately 14 km to the northeast of the modern town of Pylos and 2 km NE of GR-9 (Pyrgos - Kyparissia - Pylos - Methoni). Important archaeological remains of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1100 BC) period have been brought to light through excavations and surface survey by the Athens Archaeological Society in the 1950s and by the University of Missouri-St. Louis between 1999 and 2004. Other periods represented are the Late Classical and the Byzantine.

Geography

Location:

  • Longitude: 21.719 (21°43'9') E
  • Latitude: 36.995 (36°59'32') N

Postal code: 240 01

Elevation: 190 m

Dialing code:

Historical population

Year Communal population
1981 352
1991 342
2001 361


Iklaina has a small school, a church, and a square (plateia).

Iklaina is surrounded by mountains with a rocky terrain, bushes and some forests and groves.

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