There is a historical mistake. Ottomans never forced anybody to convert in Islam. If they did so, today all Balkan nations would be Muslim during hundreds of the years. Bosnians and Albenians only cho...
We were wandering about the historic center of Otranto when we came across this monument. There were 813 citizens of Otranto who were killed on August 14,1480. This execution took place after the citi...
On A Seaside Piazza
The monument is on a square overlooking the Adriatic. A very picturesque place to relax and enjoy the sea air.
1480
There is a historical mistake. Ottomans never forced anybody to convert in Islam. If they did so, today all Balkan nations would be Muslim during hundreds of the years. Bosnians and Albenians only cho...
The Monument to the martyrs of Otranto
We were wandering about the historic center of Otranto when we came across this monument. There were 813 citizens of Otranto who were killed on August 14,1480. This execution took place after the citi...
Monument
It seems that in the 15th century an Ottoman incursion caused hundreds of victims in the city, and this monument reminds them.
Remember the murderers in 1480
In the year, a Turkish fleet under the command of Gedik Pasha took the city to be attacked.