Battle of Curzola

Battle of Curzola

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Curzola
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date=September 9, 1298
place=near Curzola Island
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territory=
result=Genoese victory
combatant1=
combatant2=flag|Venice|name=Republic of Venice
commander1=Lamba Doria
commander2=Andrea Dandolo
strength1=78 ships [Anonymous Genoese (14th century); Nicholas Jean (translator) (1983);"De vitoria facta per januenses contra venetos in gulfo venecianorum prope ysolam scurzule" from "Le poesie storiche", p. 134. Genoa: A Compagna]
strength2=95 ships
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=85 ships
9,000 dead
7,000 prisoners
The naval Battle of Curzola was fought on September 9, 1298 between the fleets of Genoa and Venice. It was one of many battles fought in the 13th and 14th centuries between Pisa, Genoa and Venice in a long series of wars for the control of Mediterranean and Levantine trade.

The battle took place in the seas of southern Dalmatia (now in Croatia); more precisely, in the channel between the island of Curzola (now Korčula) and the mainland peninsula of Sabbioncello. The Venetians were led by Admiral Andrea Dandolo, son of Doge Giovanni Dandolo, and the Genoese by Lamba Doria. The Genoese were victorious and Dandolo was killed in the fighting.

Venice suffered heavy losses but she managed to immediately equip another 100 galleys and to obtain reasonable peace conditions that did not significatively hamper its power and prosperity.

According to a later tradition recorded by Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Marco Polo was one of those among the Venetian prisoners and he dictated his famous book during the few months of his imprisonment; but whether he was actually caught at this battle or at a previous minor engagement near Laiazzo is unclear. [Polo, Marco; Latham, Ronald (translator) (1958). "The Travels of Marco Polo", p. 16. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 1-140-44057-7.]

Nevertheless, the enthusiastic people of Korčula re-enact this battle each September and pay tribute to Marco Polo as one of the loyal Dalmatian subjects of Venice who risked their lives in defense of the Republic.

References


* [http://www.korcula.net/mpolo/mpbitka2005.htm The naval battle dramatised by Korculans]
* [http://www.korcula.net/mpolo/mpolo7.htm History of the battle by Dr Zivan Fillipi]


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