Sphacteria
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Names in other languages
- caEsfactèria
- EnglishSphacteria
- EspañolEsfacteria
- FrançaisSphactérie
- bgСфактерия
- DeutschSfaktiria
- ΕλληνικάΣφακτηρία
- עבריתספקטריה
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Sphacteria ( - Sfaktiria) also known as Sphagia (Σφαγία) is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles: *the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian War. *the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire *the 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence The shipwreck of the Irenes Serenade took place near the island in 1980.
Sphacteria ( - Sfaktiria) also known as Sphagia (Σφαγία) is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles: the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian War. the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire the 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence The shipwreck of the Irenes Serenade took place near the island in 1980.
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