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The monumental painting (3.05 m × 6.35 m) combines the Polish victory procession following this battle with the backdrop of the Battle of Lepanto. It was later owned by the Dominicans of Poznań and since 1927 has been on display in Wawel Castle, Kraków. [74] The Battle of Lepanto by Juan Luna (1887) is displayed at the Spanish Senate in Madrid.
This is the order of battle during the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571 in which the Holy League deployed 6 galleasses and 206 galleys, ... Spanish Galleys (12)
Medrano's Fortuna de Napoli galley participated at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, a naval engagement won by the Holy League against the Ottoman Turks. In 1571, Diego de Medrano was a captain in the Holy League and participated in the victorious Battle of Lepanto against the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. [6]
Real was usually the designation of the flagship in a particular Spanish fleet and was not necessarily the actual name of the ship. Almirante ("admiral") was the designation of the ship of the 2nd in command, and others with a specific command function were patrona/padrona and lanterna .
Luna’s The Battle of Lepanto provides significance to the “Spanish victory against the Turks”. For this reason, the widow of King Alfonso XII of Spain, Queen Regent Maria Christina of Austria, herself was the person who unveiled Luna’s masterpiece at the Senate Hall of Madrid in November 1887, [8] together with Pradilla’s La rendición de granada.
Battle of Lepanto. The War of Cyprus became the focus of Spanish attention after Pope Pius V sent an envoy to urge Philip to join him and Venice in a Holy League against the Turks. Philip II agreed, and negotiations opened in Rome. Among Philip's terms was the appointment of John as commander-in-chief of the Holy League armada.
Date of birth/death: before 29 April 1536 19 October 1586 ... Battle of Lepanto, 1571. Object type: fresco. Description: Battle of Lepanto, 1571. Date: between 1571 ...
Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (12 December 1526 – 9 February 1588), was a Spanish admiral and landlord. He took part, among others, in the seizure of the rock of Vélez de la Gomera (1564), the relief to the besieged during the Great Siege of Malta (1565), the quelling of the Alpujarras Rebellion (1569), the Battle of Lepanto (1571), the conquest of Tunis (1573), the ...