The Ottoman navy invaded the Italian coastal city of Otranto on 28 July 1480. The city was finally captured after a 15 day siege. This set out a huge layer of panic throughout Italy and Europe as Rome was under threat. Emergency vacuation arrangements were even made in Rome for Pope Sixtus IV who called for a crusade to retake Otranto. After several failed attempts the Christians finally managed to take control of Otranto on 1 May 1481.
Ottoman Sultan Fatih Mehmed II now fully planned to lead his forces to invade and liberate Italy but he passed away on 3 May 1481 before realizing this expedition. So, a three day celebration was ordered by the Pope who was over the moon that they were now safe from Sultan Mehmed II. The news was proclaimed in Venice :
"La Grande Aquila è morta!"
('The Great Eagle is dead!')
Due to a succession crisis between his sons Bayezid II and Cem Sultan, reinforcements could not be sent to Italy and so the Ottoman forces eventually retreated back to Istanbul.
Sources:
1."The Grand Turk" : John Freely, p. 180, 2009
2.Creating East And West: Renaissance Humanists And the Ottoman Turks. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 158.
#ottoman #italy #naples #domimation
#mehmet #mehmed #fatih #osmanli
#venice #pope #christianity #europe
Ottoman Sultan Fatih Mehmed II now fully planned to lead his forces to invade and liberate Italy but he passed away on 3 May 1481 before realizing this expedition. So, a three day celebration was ordered by the Pope who was over the moon that they were now safe from Sultan Mehmed II. The news was proclaimed in Venice :
"La Grande Aquila è morta!"
('The Great Eagle is dead!')
Due to a succession crisis between his sons Bayezid II and Cem Sultan, reinforcements could not be sent to Italy and so the Ottoman forces eventually retreated back to Istanbul.
Sources:
1."The Grand Turk" : John Freely, p. 180, 2009
2.Creating East And West: Renaissance Humanists And the Ottoman Turks. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 158.
#ottoman #italy #naples #domimation
#mehmet #mehmed #fatih #osmanli
#venice #pope #christianity #europe
The Ottoman navy invaded the Italian coastal city of Otranto on 28 July 1480. The city was finally captured after a 15 day siege. This set out a huge layer of panic throughout Italy and Europe as Rome was under threat. Emergency vacuation arrangements were even made in Rome for Pope Sixtus IV who called for a crusade to retake Otranto. After several failed attempts the Christians finally managed to take control of Otranto on 1 May 1481.
Ottoman Sultan Fatih Mehmed II now fully planned to lead his forces to invade and liberate Italy but he passed away on 3 May 1481 before realizing this expedition. So, a three day celebration was ordered by the Pope who was over the moon that they were now safe from Sultan Mehmed II. The news was proclaimed in Venice :
"La Grande Aquila è morta!"
('The Great Eagle is dead!')
Due to a succession crisis between his sons Bayezid II and Cem Sultan, reinforcements could not be sent to Italy and so the Ottoman forces eventually retreated back to Istanbul.
Sources:
1."The Grand Turk" : John Freely, p. 180, 2009
2.Creating East And West: Renaissance Humanists And the Ottoman Turks. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 158.
#ottoman #italy #naples #domimation
#mehmet #mehmed #fatih #osmanli
#venice #pope #christianity #europe
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