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The siege of Shkodra took place from May 1478 to April 1479 as a confrontation between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetians together with the League of Lezhe and other Albanians [9] [10] [11] at Shkodra (Scutari in Italian) and its Rozafa Castle during the First Ottoman-Venetian War (1463–1479). Ottoman historian Franz Babinger called the ...
- May, 1478-April 25, 1479
- Shkodra was ceded to the Ottoman Empire
The Albanian-Ottoman Wars (1432–1479) were a series of wars and revolts against the rising Ottoman Empire by Albanian feudal lords. The wars and revolts took place in present-day Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and South Serbia. In this period, Albanians under the leadership of Gjergj Arianiti and especially later under ...
Aside from his editions and commentaries of many Roman authors, Merula is the author of a moving description of the Turkish siege of Shkodra (Bellum Scodrense), composed in Latin in September 1474. The fortress of Shkodra finally fell to the Ottoman Turks in January 1479.
7,000 Ottoman soldiers killed [1] unknown number of soldiers and 3,000 civilians from Scutari ( primary source) The siege of Shkodra of 1474 was an Ottoman attack upon Venetian -controlled Shkodra (Scutari in Italian) in Albania Veneta during the First Ottoman-Venetian War (1463–79). It is not to be confused with the siege of Shkodra of 1478 ...
- Spring 1474 — 8 August 1474
- Victory of Venice and Zeta
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Shkodër is the most historic town in Albania. The oldest wall of the Shkodër castle dates from the 1st millennium bce. The Roman historian Livy cited the town as the capital of the Illyrian king Gentius, who surrendered to the Romans in 168 bce. The town was subsequently held by the Byzantines, Bulgars, Serbs, and Turks, again by Illyrians ...
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In 1040, Shkodra was captured by the Serbs and became the center of Zeta. During the 14th century it became the center of the Balsha feudal family. In 1396 it was taken by the Venetians. Shkodra resisted two major Ottoman attacks, in 1474 and 1478-1479, when the city was entirely surrounded by Ottoman forces.
After the first general attack failed, the Turks increased their bombardment and also sent soldiers to set fire to the redoubts by climbing the hill and throwing torches upon them. MARIN BARLETI’S MASTERPIECE, THE SIEGE OF SHKODRA: A HISTORICAL REVIEW 7 The Shkodrans resisted this tactic by lining up gunmen and shooting the fire throwers.
