Digital improved reproduction, The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, led by the Venetian Republic and the Spanish Empire, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras, Greece, Seeschlacht von Lepanto fand am 7. Oktober 1571 im Ionischen Meer vor dem Eingang zum Golf von Patras bei Lepanto (griechisch Nafpaktos) im heutigen Griechenland statt, original print from th 19th century

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