Battle of Lepanto

The Battle of Lepanto (in Italian Battaglia gave Lepanto; in Turkish: İnebahtı deniz muharebesi naval battle of İnebahtı) was a naval battle that took place on 7 October, 1571 near of the Greek city of Náfpaktos (Lepanto in Italian).

Battle of Lepanto
Part of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars and Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War
The Battle of Lepanto, Paolo Veronese
Date 7 October 1571 Location Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea Result Holy League victory
Belligerents
Holy League： Spanish Empire Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily Kingdom of Sardinia Papal States Republic of Venice Republic of Genoa Duchy of Savoy Grand Duchy of Tuscany Order of St. John	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
John of Austria Álvaro de Bazán Alexander Farnese Luis de Zúñiga Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia Gianandrea Doria Sebastiano Venier Agostino Barbarigo  † Marcantonio Colonna Pope Pius V	Ali Pasha  † Mahomet Sirocco  † Occhiali
Strength
65,000 men: 30,000 sailors and oarsmen 35,000 soldiers 206 galleys 6 galleasses	67,000 men: 37,000 sailors and oarsmen 30,000 soldiers 222 galleys 56 galliots
Casualties and losses
7,500 – 10,000 killed 13 galleys sunk or destroyed	20,000 – 30,000 killed 117 galleys captured 20 galliots captured 50 galleys and galliots sunk or destroyed
12,000 Christian slaves freed

They confronted in her the armed of Ottoman Empire against the one of a Catholic coalition, called Holy League, formed by the Spanish Empire, the Pontifical States, the Republic of Venice, the Order of Malta, the Republic of Génova and the Duchy of Savoy.

In this battle participated Miguel de Cervantes, that resulted injured and lost the mobility of his left hand, what cost him the nickname of «manco of Lepanto». This writer, that was very proud to having combated there, described it like «the more memorable and high occasion that saw the past centuries, neither expect to see the coming». Also it entered the history in the Quijote, through the #narration of the captive, as typical work of literature of border.

Battle Of Lepanto Media

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  The banner of the Holy League, flown by John of Austria on his flagship Real. It is made of blue damask interwoven with gold thread, of a length of 7.3 m and a width of 4.4 m at the hoist. It displays the crucified Christ above the coats of arms of Pius V, of Venice, of Charles V, and of John of Austria. The coats of arms are linked by chains symbolizing the alliance.

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  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)

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  Depiction of the Ottoman Navy, detail from the painting by Tommaso Dolabella (1632)

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  One of the Venetian Galleasses at Lepanto (1851 drawing, after a 1570s painting)

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  Plan of the Battle (formation of the fleets just before contact)

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  Fresco in the Vatican's Gallery of Maps

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  The Victors of Lepanto, John of Austria, Marcantonio Colonna and Sebastiano Venier (anonymous oil painting, c. 1575, formerly in Ambras Castle, now Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)