The Battle of Lepanto refers to the 1571 Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet.
Paintings entitled Battle of Lepanto are all of the 1571 Battle:
- the Battle of Lepanto (Veronese) by Paolo Veronese in the Doge's Palace in Venice
- the Battle of Lepanto (Vicentino painting) by Andrea Vicentino in the Doge's Palace in Venice
- the Battle of Lepanto by Carpoforo Tencalla in the Dominikanerkirche, Vienna (1676)
- The Battle of Lepanto (Luna painting) by Filipino painter and hero Juan Luna
Other works of art
- Lepanto by GK Chesterton
See also
There were also three earlier battles fought in the vicinity of Naupactus (Lepanto):
- Battle of Naupactus in 429 BC, an Athenian victory during the Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Zonchio in 1499, an Ottoman victory during the Ottoman-Venetian Wars
- Battle of Modon (1500) in 1500, an Ottoman victory during the Ottoman-Venetian Wars
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