Battle of Lepanto
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The Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Lepanto
The Battle of Lepanto normally refers to the 1571 Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet. There were also three earlier battles fought in the vicinity of Lepanto:*Battle of Naupactus in 429 BC, an Athenian victory during the Peleoponnesian War...

normally refers to the 1571 Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet. There were also three earlier battles fought in the vicinity of Lepanto:
  • Battle of Naupactus in 429 BC, an Athenian victory during the Peleoponnesian War
  • Battle of Zonchio
    Battle of Zonchio
    The naval Battle of Zonchio took place on four separate days: August 12, 20, 22 and 25, 1499. It was a part of the Ottoman–Venetian War of 1499–1503...

     in 1499, an Ottoman victory during the Ottoman-Venetian Wars
  • Battle of Modon in 1500, an Ottoman victory during the Ottoman-Venetian Wars


Six paintings entitled Battle of Lepanto are all of the 1571 Battle:
  • the Battle of Lepanto (Veronese)
    Battle of Lepanto (Veronese)
    The Battle of Lepanto is a painting by Paolo Veronese....

     by Paolo Veronese in the Doge's Palace in Venice
  • the Battle of Lepanto (Vicentino painting) by Andrea Vicentino
    Andrea Vicentino
    Andrea Vicentino was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Battista Maganza. Born in Vicenza, he was also known as Andrea Michieli or Michelli. He moved to Venice in the mid-1570s and registered in the “Fraglia” or guild of Venetian...

     in the Doge's Palace in Venice
  • the Battle of Lepanto (painting) by an unknown artist
  • the Battle of Lepanto by Carpoforo Tencalla
    Carpoforo Tencalla
    Carpoforo Tencalla Carpoforo Tencalla Carpoforo Tencalla (or Tencala (10 September 1623 - 9 March 1685) was an influential Swiss-Italian Baroque painter of canvases and frescoes. He is little studied and has come only recently to the attention of art critics...

     in the Dominikanerkirche, Vienna (1676)
  • The Battle of Lepanto (Luna painting)
    The Battle of Lepanto (Luna painting)
    The Battle of Lepanto is a famous painting by award-winning Filipino master painter and hero Juan Luna. Luna is one of the first Filipinos to excel and earn recognition in the international field of arts and culture...

     by Filipino painter and hero Juan Luna
  • Battle of Lepanto 1571
    Battle of Lepanto
    The Battle of Lepanto normally refers to the 1571 Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet. There were also three earlier battles fought in the vicinity of Lepanto:*Battle of Naupactus in 429 BC, an Athenian victory during the Peleoponnesian War...

    , by H. Letter, in the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich)
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