Back معركة زونكيو Arabic زونچیو دؤیوشو AZB Batalla naval de Zonchio Catalan Ναυμαχία του Ζόγκλου Greek Batalla de Zonchio Spanish نبرد زونچیو Persian Battaglia di Lepanto (1499) Italian ზონქიოს ბრძოლა Georgian 존키오 해전 Korean Bitwa morska przy wyspie Sapienza Polish
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| Battle of Zonchio | |||||||
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| Part of the Ottoman–Venetian War of 1499–1503 | |||||||
 unknown Venetian artist, British Museum | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Republic of Venice | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Antonio Grimani |
Kemal Reis Feriz Beg | ||||||
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46 light galleys 17 heavy galleys and 15 carracks [2] | 260 ships, of which 60 were light galleys, and a small number of carracks.[3] | ||||||
The naval Battle of Zonchio (Turkish: Sapienza Deniz Muharebesi, also known as the Battle of Sapienza or the First Battle of Lepanto) took place on four separate days: 12, 20, 22, and 25 August 1499. It was a part of the Ottoman–Venetian War of 1499–1503.[4]
- ^ Alan G. Jamieson, Faith and Sword: A Short History of Christian-Muslim Conflict, (Reaktion Books, 2006), 220.
- ^ Domenico Malipiero. "Annali veneti dall'anno 1457 al 1500," (Florence, Vieusseux, 1843) edited by Francesco Longo and Agostino Sagredo, 163.
- ^ Domenico Malipiero. "Annali veneti dall'anno 1457 al 1500," (Florence, Vieusseux, 1843) edited by Francesco Longo and Agostino Sagredo, 163.
- ^ Norwich, John J. (2003) A History of Venice Penguin, London, pp. 383–385, ISBN 978-0-14-101383-1, reprint of the 1977, 2 volume, edition, entitled Venice: the rise to empire and Venice: the greatness and the fall