Fortress of Sopot, Albania

ROSACCIO, Giuseppe.

Fortezza di Sopoto.
Venice: Giacomo Franco, 1598. 100 x 175mm.

Sopot, on the Albanian coast just north of Corfu, published in Rosaccio's 'Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli'. The fortress is shown under siege, with the use of cannon. In 1570-2 the Venetians took control but had to hand it back after the treaty of 1573. This probably represents an Ottoman counter-attack.


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