The Battle of Lepanto, 1571. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place 7th October 1571, between the Holy League, led by the Venetian Republic who along with the Spanish Empire, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras.

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