Siege of Famagusta
| Siege of Famagusta | |||||||||
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| Part of the Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War | |||||||||
Venetian Walls of S. Luca ("Bastioni San Luca") in Famagusta | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ottoman Empire | Republic of Venice | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Mustafa Pasha | Marco Antonio Bragadin | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 100,000–120,000 | 8,500 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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10,000–20,000 52,000 dead (Venetian claim) |
7,600 killed 900 prisoners | ||||||||
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.