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Battle of Otranto
Part of the Ottoman wars in Europe and Ottoman–Hungarian Wars
Castle of Otranto
Date
28 July 1480 – 10 September 1481
Location
Otranto, Kingdom of Naples
Result
Ottoman forces conquer Otranto[1][2]
Christian forces recapture the city in September 1481
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Naples
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Sicily
Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Gedik Ahmed Pasha
Paolo Fregoso
Francesco Largo †
Alfonso, Duke of Calabria
Gaspare de Spes
Balázs Magyar
Strength
18,000 infantry
700 cavalry
128 ships
Unknown
Hungary: 2,100 Hungarian heavy infantry[3]
Casualties and losses
Garrisoned forces surrender
12,000 killed in action
5,000 enslaved
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Relics of the Martyrs of Otranto inside Otranto Cathedral
In the summer of 1480, the Ottoman Empire invaded southern Italy, and laid siege to Otranto, finally capturing it on 11 August. This was their first outpost in Italy.[4] According to a traditional account, more than 800 inhabitants were beheaded after the city had been captured.[5][6] The Martyrs of Otranto are still celebrated in Italy. A year later, the Ottoman garrison surrendered the city after a siege by Christian forces, uncertainty upon the death of sultan Mehmed II and the intervention of papal forces that were led by Paolo Fregoso of Genoa.
^Encyclopædia Americana, Volume 9
^The Ottoman Empire: A Short History Page 44
^Csaba Csorba; János Estók; Konrád Salamon (1999). Magyarország Képes Története. Budapest, Hungary: Magyar Könyvklub. p. 62. ISBN 963-548-961-7.
^Savvides, Alexios, and Photeine Perra. "Hospitallers and Ottomans Between the Two Great Sieges of Rhodes (1480–1522/1523) 1." In The 1522 Siege of Rhodes, pp. 11-39. Routledge, 2022.
^"Pope canonises 800 Italian Ottoman victims of Otranto". BBC News. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^"HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS". www.vatican.va. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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