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Wars and Battles


Wars, Battles, Warefare, Soldiers, Weapons etc.



11 subcategories
Battles against Turks

BATTLES AGAINST TURKS

Battles by century

BATTLES BY CENTURY

Conquest of England - Bayeux Tapestry

CONQUEST OF ENGLAND - BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Crusades

CRUSADES

Emperor Karl V

EMPEROR KARL V

Mythological Battles

MYTHOLOGICAL BATTLES

Napoleonic Battles

NAPOLEONIC BATTLES

Naval Battles

NAVAL BATTLES

Prince Eugene of Savoy

PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY

Sieges

SIEGES

War of Austrian Succession

WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

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Tapestry showing the relief of Vienna,                 
September 12, 1683. Detail.                            
Wool and silk, 430 x 805 cm. Factory of Nancy,         
first quarter 18th. From the estate of Emperor         
Franz Stephan of Lorraine.
#26040123

Tapestry showing the relief of Vienna, September 12, 1683. Deta...

Tapestry showing the relief of Vienna,                 
September 12, 1683. Detail.                            
Wool and silk, 430 x 805 cm. Factory of Nancy,         
first quarter 18th. From the estate of Emperor         
Franz Stephan.
#26040124

Tapestry showing the relief of Vienna, September 12, 1683. Deta...

Tapestry showing the relief of Vienna, September 12,   
1683. Turks abandoning their camp. Detail.             
Wool and silk, 430 x 805 cm. Factory of Nancy,         
first quarter 18th. From the estate of Emperor         
Franz Stephan.
#26040126

Tapestry showing the relief of Vienna, September 12, 1683. Turks abandoning t...

The relief of Vienna, September 12, 1683.              
Foreground: a halberd.
#26040127

The relief of Vienna, September 12, 1683. Foreground: a halberd.

Map of the fortress of Belgrade after its conquest by  
Fieldmarshal Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, 1688. In 1690 
the Turks reconquered Belgrade, but during the next    
years the Imperial Armies pushed the Turkish forces    
from Central Europe. Drawing by Captain Mitesser, 1794.
#26040130

Map of the fortress of Belgrade after its conquest by Fieldmarshal Gideon Frei...

Capitulation of the Turkish garrison in Belgrade, 1717.
Foreground: the "Howitzer of Belgrade," bronze, by
Leopold Halil, Vienna, 1714. The 17 cm caliber howitzer
was used during Prince Eugene of Savoy's siege of
Belgrade in 1717.
#26040131

Capitulation of the Turkish garrison in Belgrade, 1717. Foreground: the "Howitze...

Prince Eugene of Savoy and his troops crossing the
Danube near Belgrade during the 1717 campaign against
the Turks. Scale model.

Donaumuseum, Petronell, Austria
#26040132

Prince Eugene of Savoy and his troops crossing the Danube near Belgrade during t...

Battle of Lepanto,1571                                 
The naval battle decided the fate of the Turkish       
expansion in Europe.The Doge of Venice,Sebastiano      
Venir and Don Juan d'Austria,natural son of Emperor    
Karl V, commanded the victorious Christian fleet.
#26040157

Battle of Lepanto,1571 The naval battle decided...

Prow-figures from the war galley of Doge Francesco     
Morosini, showing two manacled Turks; captured banners 
and weapons from Venetian naval victories over the     
Turks in the Peloponnes and in Dalmatia, end 17th.
#26040164

Prow-figures from the war galley of Doge Francesco Morosini, showing two ma...

Prow figures from the war galley of Doge Francesco     
Morosini, showing two manacled Turks, captured banners 
and weapons, to celebrate Venetian naval victories over
the Turks in the Peloponnesus and Dalmatia in the      
1680ies.
#26040165

Prow figures from the war galley of Doge Francesco Morosini, showing two ma...

Turkish ships lantern, bronze.
#26040166

Turkish ships lantern, bronze.

Turkish flag, captured at the naval battle of Lepanto. 
Red silk rep, Ali's sword (D'hul Faqar), verses from   
the Koran. Gold and green border.
#26040170

Turkish flag, captured at the naval battle of Lepanto. Red silk rep, Ali's swor...