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The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 ... Fresco in the Vatican's Gallery of Maps. ... 57 Paintings of The Naval Battle of Lepanto, 1571.
Battle of Lepanto, 1571. Object type: fresco. Description: Battle of Lepanto, 1571 ... (Gallery of Maps) References: Archivio Scala: Source/Photographer ...
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, ...
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The Battle of Lepanto 1571, engraved by Martin Rota. Battle of Lepanto from Famous Sea Fights by John R Hale. Both sides sought the decisive engagement, for which they had amassed, according to some estimates, between 70 and 90 percent of all galleys in existence in the Mediterranean at the time. [51]
A map of the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1307 to 1683. ... 1571 Battle of Lepanto: 1571 Landings at Puglia and Corfu 1573
It fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1499 and was used as a naval station by the Ottoman Navy in the 16th century, being the site of the decisive victory by the Holy League in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Except for a brief period of Venetian control in 1687–1699, Lepanto remained under Ottoman control until Greek independence in 1829.
A number of major naval battles took place in the Gulf of Patras: the Battle of Patras in 1772, and the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, one of the largest naval battles ever fought. Lepanto itself lies further east, in the Gulf of Corinth.