Zurla
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Zurla may refer to:
- the zurla, an oboeOboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
-like woodwind instrument similar to the Turkish zurnaZurnaThe zurna , is a multinational outdoor wind instrument, usually accompanied by a davul in Anatolian folk music. The name is from Turkish zurna, itself derived from Persian سرنای surnāy, composed of sūr “banquet, feast” and nāy “reed, pipe”...
, used in the Balkan countries - Giacinto Placido ZurlaGiacinto Placido ZurlaCardinal Placido Zurla, O.S.B. Cam., was an Italian Camaldolese monk and prelate, who was Cardinal Vicar of Rome and writer on medieval geography.-Biography:...
(1769-1843), an Italian cardinal and a historian of mediaeval geography - Evangelista Zurla, captain of the Genoese galley San Vittorio of Crema in 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...