The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece. The Ottoman forces sailing westwards from their naval station in Lepanto … met the Holy League forces, which had come from Messina, Sicily, where they had previously gathered.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
The Battle of the Lepanto 1571
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