Katakolo

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Katakolo Κατάκολο
Promenade of Katakolo
Katakolo
Coordinates: 37°39′N 21°19′ECoordinates: 37°39′N 21°19′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Greece
Regional unit	Elis
Municipality	Pyrgos
Municipal unit	Pyrgos
Community
• Population	601
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Katakolo (Greek: Κατάκολο) is a seaside town in the municipality of Pyrgos in western Elis, Greece. It is situated on a headlandoverlooking the Ionian Sea and separating the Gulf of Kyparissia from the rest of the Ionian. It is 11 km west of downtown Pyrgos. The small village of Agios Andreas, which in ancient times was the natural harbour for Ancient Olympia, lies northwest of Katakolo. A railway connects Katakolo with Pyrgos and Olympia, but along with the rest of the rail network in the Peloponnese, services have been suspended since 2011 for economic reasons.n the Middle Ages, Katakolo was the site of the fortress of Pontikon or Pontikokastro (Ποντικόν, Ποντικόκαστρο), which theFrankish rulers of the Principality of Achaea called Beauvoir or Belveder.^[2] The fortress was built by the Byzantines and taken over by the Franks ca. 1205.^[3]