On Aug. 2, 1571, at Famagusta — the besieged and last remaining Christian outpost on the island of Cyprus — Marcantonio Bragadin and Astorre Baglioni, two Venetian commanders, surrendered to the ...

Last week, Oct. 7, to be precise, was the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. Why should you give a flying fig? Because it was a pivotal clash in a war that has not yet ended, a war in which ...

George Cassar (Ed.), From the Great Siege to the Battle of Lepanto: The life and times of Malta and the Order of St John, Sacra Militia Foundation Publication, 2011, 192 pp. € 18. The six years ...

Thursday, Oct. 7, marks the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and also the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. It’s more than a reminder that Our Lady of the Rosary can again hand us the victory ...

In 1571, Famagusta was surrounded. One by one, the other Venetian colonies on the island of Cyprus had fallen to the conquering Turkish army. But Cyprus was just the latest in a long line of triumphs ...

Malta's connection with the 1571 Battle of Lepanto acquired a modern-day link recently when ship model maker Joseph Abela completed a scale model of a galley for a museum in Nafpactos, Greece. The ...

IT was two hours before dawn on Sunday, the memorable seventh of October, 1571, when the fleet weighed anchor. The wind had become lighter, but it was still contrary, and the galleys were indebted for ...

“Don John of Austria is going to the war.” G. K. Chesterton’s stirring line rings out from his poem “Lepanto,” bringing us back 450 years to that fateful October 7, 1571. Many renowned authors have ...

Thank you for the November 12 issue, full of good and relevant information and developments on current issues, starting with the editorial (The DFA and the PSA too?), and the columns, particularly ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Battle of Lepanto, 1571, the last great sea battle between galleys, in which the Catholic fleet of the Holy League of principally Venice, Spain, the Papal States, ...