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    The Siege of Candia (now Heraklion, Crete) was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled capital city of the Kingdom of Candia...
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    also known as the War of Candia (Italian: Guerra di Candia) or the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies...
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    Hannibal von Degenfeld (category Republic of Venice people of the Cretan War)
    service during the siege of Candia and the Morean War, and helped to establish the Bavarian army and commanded it during the battle of Vienna. Von Degenfeld...
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    Heraklion (redirect from Candia (Crete))
    Depiction of the Siege of Candia St. Matthew of the Sinaites Byzantine church Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, home ground of OFI FC Interior of the Fortress...
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    Kingdom of Candia (Venetian: Regno de Càndia; Italian: Regno di Candia) or Duchy of Candia (Venetian: Dogado de Càndia; Italian: Ducato di Candia) was the...
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  • accompanied a detachment of Swedish soldiers to Candia, a Venetian possession which was then in the final year of a 20-year long siege by the Ottoman Empire...
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    pushed out of Crete by the Ottoman Empire, with most of the island lost after the siege of Candia (1648–1669), possibly the longest siege in history....
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    A siege (Latin: sedere, lit. 'to sit') is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault...
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    The Siege of Rhodes of 1522 was the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold...
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  • capture Crete caused another protracted period of warfare, known as the Cretan War. The twenty-year Siege of Candia was followed by her involvement in the Great...
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