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Battle of Lepanto


 
 

Three battles have been known as the Battle of Lepanto:
  • Battle of Lepanto (1499)Battle of Zonchio

    The naval Battle of Zonchio took place in 25 August 1499....
    , an Ottoman victory during the Ottoman-Venetian Wars
  • Battle of Lepanto (1500)Battle of Lepanto (1500)

    The Second Battle of Lepanto or Battle of Modon took place in 1500 during the 1499-1503 Turkish-Venetian Wars between ...
    , an Ottoman victory during the Ottoman-Venetian Wars
  • Battle of Lepanto (1571)Battle of Lepanto (1571)

    The naval Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a galley fleet of the Holy League, a sometimes-flimsy coalitio...
    , a Holy LeagueHoly League (Mediterranean)

    The Holy League was formed between several Catholic maritime states in the Mediterranean on 25 May 1571 in an attempt to bre...
     defeat of the Ottoman fleet, by far the most famous of the three


An earlier battle near modern Lepanto was called the Battle of Naupactus (429 BC)Battle of Naupactus (429 BC) Summary

The naval Battle of Naupactus took place over the course of a week in 429 BC, in the early part of the Peloponnesian War, be...
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Four paintings entitled the Battle of Lepanto are all of the 1571 Battle:
  • the Battle of Lepanto by Paolo VeronesePaolo Veronese

    Paolo Veronese was an important Venetian Renaissance painter....
     in the Doge's PalaceDoge's Palace

    The Doge's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice....
     in VeniceVenice

    Venice is the capital of the region of Veneto and the province of the same name in Italy....
  • the Battle of Lepanto by Andrea VicentinoAndrea Vicentino

    Andrea Vicentino was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period....
     in the Doge's PalaceFacts About Doge's Palace

    The Doge's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice....
     in VeniceVenice

    Venice is the capital of the region of Veneto and the province of the same name in Italy....
  • the Battle of Lepanto by an unknown artist (shown right)
  • the Battle of Lepanto by Carpoforo Tencala in the DominikanerkircheDominikanerkirche (Vienna)

    The Dominikanerkirche is an Early Baroque church in the historic center of Vienna, Austria....
     in ViennaVienna

    Vienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria....
     (1676)


See also the disambiguation page for LepantoLepanto

Lepanto could refer to*In the board game Diplomacy, the Lepanto opening is a well-known opening gambit by Italy....