Lepanto
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Places
- The Bay of Lepanto or Gulf of Lepanto in Greece, now known as the Gulf of CorinthGulf of CorinthThe Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece...
- The Greek town of Lepanto, now known as NaupactusNaupactusNaupactus or Nafpaktos , is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafpaktia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...
- Lepanto, ArkansasLepanto, ArkansasLepanto is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...
in the United States - Lepanto (Rome Metro)Lepanto (Rome Metro)Lepanto is an underground station on Line A of the Rome Metro, which is an underground mass transit system. The station was inaugurated in 1980, and is at the junction of viale Giulio Cesare with via Lepanto and via Marcantonio Colonna, in Prati....
Ships
- The Italian battleship LepantoItalian battleship LepantoLepanto was an Italian battleship launched in 1883, the second and last ship of the Italia class. She served in the Regia Marina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
- The Italian minelayer LepantoItalian minelayer LepantoLepanto was an Ostia-class minelayer of the Italian Navy. She served with the Italians during the Second World War until being scuttled in Japan in 1943. She was then recovered by the Imperial Japanese Navy and taken into service as Okitsu, spending the remainder of the war escorting convoys...
- The British Wilson Line merchant ship Lepanto
Other
- Lepanto, a poem by English poet G. K. Chesterton about the Battle of LepantoBattle of LepantoThe Battle of Lepanto normally refers to the 1571 Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet. There were also three earlier battles fought in the vicinity of Lepanto:*Battle of Naupactus in 429 BC, an Athenian victory during the Peleoponnesian War...
(1571) - In the board game DiplomacyDiplomacy (game)Diplomacy is a strategic board game created by Allan B. Calhamer in 1954 and released commercially in 1959. Its main distinctions from most board wargames are its negotiation phases and the absence of dice or other game elements that produce random effects...
, the Lepanto openingLepanto openingThe Lepanto opening is a type of opening in the board game Diplomacy. Developed by Edi Birsan, it is used by the generally weak Italy, in alliance with Austria, to defeat Turkey...
is a well-known opening gambit by Italy