Siege of Famagusta

Siege of Famagusta
Part of the Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War

Venetian Walls of S. Luca ("Bastioni San Luca") in Famagusta
Date17 September 1570 – 5 August 1571
Location35°07′30″N 33°56′30″E / 35.12500°N 33.94167°E / 35.12500; 33.94167
Result Ottoman victory
Territorial
changes
Cyprus under Ottoman rule
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Republic of Venice
Commanders and leaders
Mustafa Pasha Marco Antonio Bragadin Executed
Strength
100,000–120,000[1] 8,500[1]
Casualties and losses
10,000– 20,000[2]
52,000 dead[3] (Venetian claim)
7,600 killed
900 prisoners
Siege of Famagusta is located in Cyprus
Siege of Famagusta
Location within Cyprus

The siege of Famagusta happened in Venetian-controlled Famagusta, the last Christian possession in Cyprus. Famagusta fell to the Ottomans in August 1571 after a siege that lasted nearly a year.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Turnbull was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Goffman (2002). p. 158.
  3. ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015, 4th ed. McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 978-0786474707.
  4. ^ Madden. Page 329.