The fleet of which Empire lost the 1571 Battle of Lepanto?
Battle of Lepanto Battle of Lepanto 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. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in "Lepanto" (the Venetian name of ancient "Naupactus" , Ottoman "") when they met the fleet of the Holy League which was sailing east from Messina, Sicily. The Holy League was a coalition of European Catholic maritime states which was
The Battle of Lepanto (Luna painting) The Battle of Lepanto (Luna painting) The Battle of Lepanto (Spanish: La Batalla de Lepanto) is a famous painting by Filipino painter and revolutionary activist Juan Luna. Luna is one of the first Filipinos to excel and earn recognition in the international field of arts and culture (another one is Félix Resurrección Hidalgo). Painted by Luna in 1887, the masterpiece is about the Battle of Lepanto of October 7, 1571. The painting features Don Juan of Austria (also known as Don John of Austria) in battle while at the bow of a ship. It is one of the “huge epic