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Places

* Lepanto, Greece, medieval Italian name of
Nafpaktos Nafpaktos ( el, Ναύπακτος) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos. It is named for Naupaktos (, Latinize ...
**
Battle of Lepanto The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states (comprising Spain and its Italian territories, several independent Italian states, and the Soverei ...
, 1571 *
Lepanto, Arkansas Lepanto is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,893 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lepanto was named for the Greek seaport of Lepanto, site of a gr ...
, United States * Lepanto, a sub-province in the former province of
Lepanto-Bontoc Lepanto-Bontoc was a province of the Philippines, existing from 1902 to 1908. The province encompassed much of the central section of the Cordillera mountains in Luzon. Its capital was Cervantes, in the sub-province of Lepanto. Administrative Di ...
, Philippines (now part of Mankayan, Benguet) *
Lepanto (Rome Metro) Lepanto is an underground station on Line A of the Rome Metro. The station was inaugurated in 1980, and is at the junction of Viale Giulio Cesare with Via Lepanto and Via Marcantonio Colonna, in Prati. The offices of the Civil Court of Rome are ...
, an underground station *
Mount Lepanto Mount Lepanto is a major peak, high, situated southeast of Mount Freeman in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, after the Battle of L ...
, Antarctica


Ships

* Italian ironclad ''Lepanto'' * Italian minelayer ''Lepanto'' * Spanish cruiser ''Lepanto'' * Spanish destroyer ''Lepanto'' (1930-1957) * Spanish destroyer SPS ''Lepanto'' (D21) (1957-1985), formerly
USS Capps (DD-550) USS ''Capps'' (DD-550), a destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps (1864–1935). ''Capps'' was launched 31 May 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. C. G. Stok ...


Other uses

* ''Lepanto'' (poem), a poem by English poet G. K. Chesterton about the 1571 Battle of Lepanto *
Lepanto opening The Lepanto opening is a type of opening in the board game ''Diplomacy''. Developed by Edi Birsan, it is used by the generally weak Italy, in alliance with Austria, to attack Turkey. It is named after the Battle of Lepanto, in which the Turkish ...
, in the board game ''Diplomacy''


See also

* Battle of Lepanto (disambiguation) {{disambig, geo, ship