Battle of Meloria

When

13 Aug 1284

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

43.32° N, 9.98° E

Description

1284 middle ages battle

Naval

yes

Naval battle between Pisa and Genoa

The Battle of Meloria was fought near the islet of Meloria in the Ligurian Sea on 5 and 6 August 1284 between the fleets of the Republics of Genoa and Pisa as part of the Genoese-Pisan War. The victory of Genoa and the destruction of the Pisan fleet marked the decline of the Republic of Pisa.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Meloria: A Genoese fleet (some 90 galleys) led by Admiral Oberto Doria defeats the Pisan ships in the Ligurian Sea”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Meloria: Der italienische Stadtstaat Genua besiegt seinen Rivalen Pisa auf See, beendet Pisas Seemacht und beschleunigt den Machtrückgang der Stadt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la flotte génoise commandée par Oberto Doria défait Pise à la bataille de la Meloria et devient dominante sur la Méditerranée”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в битве при Мелории пизанский флот под командованием Альбертино Морозини и Уголино делла Герардеска разгромлен генуэзцами”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “熱那亞共和國與比薩共和國在第勒尼安海的梅洛里亞小島發生梅洛里亞海戰，戰後熱那亞共和國取得薩丁尼亞、科西嘉島的主權，比薩共和國則從地中海海權強國的名單中除名。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page