Sea battle on 7 October 1571 between the Ottoman Empire and Holy League forces from Spain, Venice, Genoa, and the Papal States jointly commanded by the Spanish soldier Don John of Austria. The battle took place in the Mediterranean Gulf of Corinth off Lepanto (the Greek port of
Naupaktos), then in Turkish possession. It was not decisive, but the combined western fleets halted Turkish expansion and broke Muslim sea power.
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