Siege of the Castle of St. George | |||||||
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Part of the Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) | |||||||
19th-century depiction of Gonzalo de Córdoba directing the assault against the castle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spain Republic of Venice | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Benedetto Pesaro |
Gisdar Aga † Kemal Reis Feriz Beg |
The siege of the Castle of Saint George or siege of Cephalonia occurred from 8 November 1500 until 24 December 1500, when following a series of Venetian disasters at the hands of the Turks, the Spanish-Venetian army under Captain Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and Benedetto Pesaro succeeded in capturing the Ottoman stronghold of Cephalonia.