Back حصار فاماغوستا Arabic Belagerung von Famagusta German Πολιορκία της Αμμοχώστου Greek Asedio de Famagusta Spanish Famagusta piiramine Estonian Siège de Famagouste French Belis fan Famagusta Frisian Pengepungan Famagusta ID Assedio di Famagosta Italian ფამაგუსტის ალყა Georgian
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| Siege of Famagusta | |||||||||
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| Part of the Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War | |||||||||
 Venetian Walls of S. Luca ("Bastioni San Luca") in Famagusta | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Republic of Venice | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Mustafa Pasha |
Marco Antonio Bragadin  | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 100,000–120,000[1] | 8,500[1] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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10,000– 20,000[2] 52,000 dead[3] (Venetian claim) |
7,600 killed 900 prisoners | ||||||||
  Location within Cyprus | |||||||||
The siege of Famagusta happened in Venetian-controlled Famagusta, the last Christian possession in Cyprus. Famagusta fell to the Ottomans in August 1571 after a siege that lasted nearly a year.[4]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Turnbullwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Goffman (2002). p. 158.
- ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015, 4th ed. McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 978-0786474707.
- ^ Madden. Page 329.