1686 Conquest of Nauplion, Peloponnese

VEROVERING VAN NAPOLI DI ROMANIA, Romeyn Hooghe (1686)After the Turkish defeat near Vienna in 1683 the Turkish Empire in Europe fell more or less apart. The Turks were attacked from all sides. In 1686 the Venetian army led by Francesco Morosini occupied large territories in the Peloponnesos. During this war the city of Nauplia was conquered. Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) engraved this conquest of the city.