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Battle of Lepanto
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The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V and led by the navies of the Span
The Battle of Lepanto Laureys a Castro, 1683
The Battle of Lepanto Laureys a Castro, 1683
Order of battle of the two fleets, with an allegory of the three powers of the Holy League in the foreground, fresco by Giorgio Vasari (1572, Sala Reg
Order of battle of the two fleets, with an allegory of the three powers of the Holy League in the foreground, fresco by Giorgio Vasari (1572, Sala Regia) The six Venetian galleasses are shown between the two ranks of opposing galleys.
Depiction of the Ottoman Navy, detail from the painting by Tommaso Dolabella (1632)
Depiction of the Ottoman Navy, detail from the painting by Tommaso Dolabella (1632)
One of the Venetian Galleasses at Lepanto (1851 drawing, after a 1570s painting)
One of the Venetian Galleasses at Lepanto (1851 drawing, after a 1570s painting)
Gulf of Patras
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The Gulf of Patras is a branch of the Ionian Sea in Western Greece. On the east, it is closed by the Strait of Rion between capes Rio and Antirrio, near the Rio-Antirrio bridge, that is the entrance o
Battle of Lepanto
…Pope Pius V and led by the navies of the Spanish Empire and the Republic of Venice, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto (the Venetian name of ancient Naupactus – Greek Ναύπακτος, Turkish İnebahtı…
Gulf of Patras from space, top is North-East
Gulf of Patras from space, top is North-East
Patraic Gulf as viewed from Tsoukaleika. Varasova, Klokova, Rigani and the Rio-Antirrio Bridge are all visible.
Patraic Gulf as viewed from Tsoukaleika. Varasova, Klokova, Rigani and the Rio-Antirrio Bridge are all visible.
Gulf of Patras as viewed from Patras.
Gulf of Patras as viewed from Patras.
Gulf of Patras seen from the coast of Achaea; the mountains of Aetolia in the background
Gulf of Patras seen from the coast of Achaea; the mountains of Aetolia in the background