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Battle Of Matapan
The Battle of Matapan took place on 19 July 1717 off the Cape Matapan, on the coast of the Mani Peninsula, now in southern Greece. The naval battle was between the Venetian navy, Armada Grossa of the Republic of Venice, supported by a mixed squadron of allied ships from Portugal, the Papal States and Knights Hospitaller, Malta, and the Ottoman Navy, Ottoman fleet, under ''Kapudan Pasha'' Eğribozlu İbrahim Pasha. Prelude The 24 Venetian sailing ships under Marcantonio Diedo, commander of the Venetian fleet, met up with another Venetian squadron of 24 galleys under the Captain general of the Sea, ''Capitano generale da Mar'' Andrea Pisani (admiral), Andrea Pisani and a small squadron of 9 mixed Portugal, Portuguese-Malta, Maltese ships under the Maltese knight Bellefontaine near Cape Matapan on 2 July. After trying separately to win the wind gauge, and running out of water supply, the Allied force went to Cranae, Marathonisi, near the top of the Gulf of Matapan, to resupply. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapudan Pasha
The Kapudan Pasha ( ota, قپودان پاشا, modern Turkish: ), was the Grand Admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire. He was also known as the ( ota, قپودان دریا, links=no, modern: , "Captain of the Sea"). Typically, he was based at Galata and Gallipoli during the winter and charged with annual sailings during the summer months. The title of ''Kapudan Pasha'' itself is only attested from 1567 onwards; earlier designations for the supreme commander of the fleet include ("bey of the sea") and ("head captain"). The title ''Derya Bey'' was first granted during the reign of Bayezid I as an official rank within the state structure. Following the Conquest of Constantinople, Mehmet II raised Baltaoğlu Süleyman Bey to the status of sanjak bey for his efforts against the Byzantines in the Golden Horn.Shaw, Stanford J. History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey', Vol. 1, pp. 131 ff. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge), 1976. Accessed 12 Sept 2011. Baltaoğlu re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Antonio Da Padova Class Ship Of The Line
Sant'Antonio, Italian for Saint Anthony, most often refers to places named after Saint Anthony of Padua or Sant'Antonio Abate: People Places Switzerland *Sant'Antonio, Bellinzona, municipality in canton of Ticino * Sant'Antonio (Poschiavo), civil parish of Poschiavo, in canton of Graubünden * St. Antönien, municipality in canton of Graubünden * St. Antönien Ascharina (or Ascharina), civil parish of St. Antönien, in canton of Graubünden Italy Churches in Italy * Basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova, basilica church and major shrine in Padua, Veneto *Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia, church in Rome, Lazio * Sant'Antonio, church in Faenza, province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna * Sant'Antonio in Polesine, convent in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna *Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana, minor basilica church in Rome, Lazio *Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana, church in Rome, Lazio *Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi, church in Rome, Lazio *Sant'Antonio da Padova, oratory in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludovico Diedo
Ludovico () is an Italian masculine given name. It is sometimes spelled Lodovico. The feminine equivalent is Ludovica. Persons with the name Ludovico Given name * Ludovico D'Aragona (1876–1961), Italian socialist politician * Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533), Italian poet * Ludovico Avio (1932–1996), Argentine football forward * Ludovico Baille (1764–1839), Italian historian * Ludovico Balbi (1540–1604), Italian composer * Ludovico Barassi (1873–1953), Italian jurist * Ludovico Barbo (1381–1443), Italian monastic life reformer * Ludovico Bertonio (1552–1625), Italian Jesuit missionary * Ludovico Bidoglio (1900–1970), Argentinian footballer * Ludovico Brea (c. 1450–c. 1523), Italian painter * Ludovico di Breme (1780–1820), Italian writer * Ludovico Ottavio Burnacini (1636–1707), Italian architect and stage designer * Ludovico Buti (c. 1560–after 1611), Italian painter * Ludovico Camangi (1903–1976), Italian politician * Lodovico Campalastro, Italian pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corona Class Ship Of The Line
The ''Corona'' was a one-member ship of the line class, a 76-gun third rate. It was built in 1712 by the Venetian Arsenal The Venetian Arsenal ( it, Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's ..., and was one of the bigger and better armed vessels of the Venetian Navy. Its guns were all made in bronze for prestige reasons. The ship, even if it was a well-made one, was not copied, and the Navy chose to skip to the cheaper ''Leon Trionfante'' class instead. Notes *The ''Corona'' was the only Venetian sailing ship to embark 32-pounder guns, given that the following class' ships had the lighter 27-pounders. References *Guido Ercole, ''Vascelli e fregate della Serenissima'', GMT, Trento, 2011. See also * Venetian Navy * Arsenal of Venice * Ottoman-Venetian War (1714-1718) Ships of the line of the Venet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Andrea Class Ship Of The Line
Sant'Andrea is the Italian name for St. Andrew, most commonly Andrew the Apostle. It may refer to: Communes in Italy *Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea, Basilicata *Cazzano Sant'Andrea, Lombardy *Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, Sicily *Penna Sant'Andrea, Abruzzo *Sant'Andrea di Conza, Campania *Sant'Andrea Frius, South Sardinia * Sant'Andrea del Garigliano, Frosinone * Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio, Calabria * Sant'Andrea di Suasa, Pesaro-Urbino Other Italian localities *Sant'Andrea, '' frazione '' of Colle di Val d'Elsa *Sant'Andrea dei Lagni, frazione di Santa Maria Capua Vetere *Torre Sant'Andrea, part of the communal territory of Melendugno (province of Lecce) * Sant'Andrea in Percussina, ''frazione'' of San Casciano Val di Pesa (province of Florence) Communes in France * Sant'Andréa-d'Orcino * Sant'Andrea-di Bozio * Sant'Andrea-di-Cotone Islands * Isola di Sant'Andrea *Sant'Andrea (Venetian Lagoon) Churches *Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova, Mantua * Basilica di Sant'Andrea ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fede Guerriera Class Ship Of The Line
Fede is a surname, a masculine given name and a short form (hypocorism) of other given names, such as Federico. It may refer to: Surname * Emilio Fede (born 1931), Italian anchorman * Giuseppe Fede (died 1777), Italian nobleman, collector and archaeologist * Terrence Fede (born 1991), American football player Given name or nickname * Fede Álvarez (born 1978), Uruguayan filmmaker * Fede Álvarez (football) (born 1974), Mexican football coach * Federico Bessone (born 1984), Argentine footballer also known as Fede Bessone * Fernando Fede Castaños (born 1959), Spanish footballer * Federico Fede San Emeterio (born 1997), Spanish footballer * Fede Galizia (c. 1578–c. 1630), Italian Renaissance painter * Federico Fede Vico (born 1994), Spanish footballer See also * Fede ring, ring in which two hands meet and are clasped * Fedde, another surname and given name * Fed (other) * Fedi * Fide (other) * FIDE (''Fédération Internationale Des Échecs''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Lorenzo Zustinian Class Ship Of The Line
The ''San Lorenzo Zustinian'' class were a class of at least twenty-nine 70-gun third rate ships of the line built by the Venetian Arsenale from 1691 to 1746, in three different series with minor changes in the ships' length.Note that by contemporary British practice these 70-gun ships should be rated as third rates, but the Venetian Navy considered the ''San Lorenzo Zustinian''-class first rate vessels. This different classification was never changed for prestige issues. It was the most numerous class of ship of the line built in Venice, and the last to see active service in a war against the Ottoman Empire in 1718. All this class' ships were planned before 1720, and the vast majority was launched before the Peace of Passarowitz. The last four vessels were completed to 70% in 1720s, then stored in the roofed shipbuilding docks of the Arsenale to be finished and launched between 1739 and 1746, a solution that was widely used with the following ''Leon Trionfante''-class. Those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of The Morea
The Kingdom of the Morea or Realm of the Morea ( it, Regno di Morea) was the official name the Republic of Venice gave to the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece (which was more widely known as the Morea until the 19th century) when it was conquered from the Ottoman Empire during the Morean War in 1684–99. The Venetians tried, with considerable success, to repopulate the country and reinvigorate its agriculture and economy, but were unable to gain the allegiance of the bulk of the population, nor to secure their new possession militarily. As a result, it was lost again to the Ottomans Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718), in a brief campaign in June–September 1715. Background Venice had a long history of interaction with the Morea, dating back to the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade (1203–1204), when the Republic acquired control of the coastal fortresses of Methoni, Messenia, Modon and Koroni, Coron, Nauplia and Argos, Peloponnese, Argos. These they held even after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitano Delle Navi
The () was a senior commander of the ships of the line of the navy of the Republic of Venice. History and functions The Venetian navy had traditionally been a galley-based force. The first organized tactical formations of sailing ships began being formed in the late 15th century. The position of was established as the commander of the larger sailing ships built by the Venetian government, but he also assumed control—under the overall authority of the Captain General of the Sea—over all sailing ships in the battle fleet, which were mostly merchant vessels, chartered in Venice or abroad (usually Holland) for naval service. During the 17th century sailing ships of the line began to play a more important role and comprised a larger and larger portion of the Venetian battle fleet, particularly during the War of Candia. The increase in numbers necessitated the creation of more squadrons of sail, initially by the appointment of a second or of a , but on 25 May 1657 two new pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapientza
Sapientza or Sapienza ( el, Σαπιέντζα) Σαπιέντζα is a Greek island off the southern coast of the Peloponnese, near the city of Methóni. It is administratively part of the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, in Messenia. The 2011 census reported a population of two inhabitants. Sapientza is the second largest island of the Messenian Oinousses, a small group island which consists of three small islands (Schiza, Sapientza and Agia Marina). Its name is of Italian origin and means wisdom. The Calypso Deep, the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea at , is located south-west of Sapientza. Description The island has seen many shipwrecks because it is located over the main sea route between Italy and the Middle East. Some of the wrecks carried important cargo, such as a Toman wreck that carried granite columns from the peristyle of Herod's temple in Caesarea Maritima. In the south of the island there is an important lighthouse built in 1885. Its height is 8 meters. Sapie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranae
Cranae or Kranai ( el, Κρανάη ) (also Marathonisi) is an island off the coast of Gytheio (ancient Gythium) connected to the land by a causeway built in 1898. Etymology Some believe that the etymology for the name Cranae (Kranai) comes from the legendary king of Athens Kranaos, the successor of King Kekropas (Cecrops) as Athens was also known as "Kranaa". However the word Kranaos according to Homer it has the following meanings: 'Rocky', 'ragged', 'hard'. Therefore, some believe that the word Kranai literally means 'rocky', 'rock'. The name "Marathonisi" translates to 'fennel-island', as the herb fennel was naturally growing on this island. History According to legend, when Paris of Troy abducted Helen from Sparta they spent their first night in Cranae. When Gythium became the major port of ancient Sparta, Cranae became a resting spot for traders. After the rest of Greece enslaved to the Ottoman Turks only Mani remained free. The beys of Mani fortified Cranae with a Maniot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
