Battle of Sapienza

The naval Battle of Sapienza, also known as the Battle of Porto-Longo or Battle of Zonklon, took place on 4 November 1354, during the Third Venetian–Genoese War. The Genoese

fleet Fleet may refer to: Vehicles *Fishing fleet *Naval fleet *Fleet vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles *Fleet Aircraft, the aircraft manufacturing company Places Canada *Fleet, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet England * The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach, ...

under

Paganino Doria Paganino Doria was an Italian admiral from the prominent Republic of Genoa, Genoese Doria family. He was the victorious head of the Genoese navy, Genoese naval forces in the conflict between the Republic of Genoa to Venice in the middle of the 14th ...

captured the Venetian

under

Niccolò Pisani Niccolò Pisani (fl.1350–1354) was a Venetian admiral renowned for his victories during the 14th Century War of the Straits between the Republic of Venice and its rival Italian republic, Genoa. In 1350, when a centuries-long feud between Venice ...

of 35 galleys and made 5,000 prisoners at the harbour of Sapienza or Porto Longo, between the fortresses of Modon (mod. Methoni) and Navarino or Zonklon (

Pylos Pylos (, ; el, Πύλος), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is th ...

) in southern

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. Genoa and Venice signed a peace treaty on 1 June 1355. 1354 in Europe Conflicts in 1354 Naval battles of the Venetian–Genoese wars Medieval Messenia {{italy-battle-stub