Battle of Torvioll

Quand

8 juil. 1444

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

41.77° N, 20.37° E

Description

1444 battle during an Albanian uprising against the Ottoman Empire

1444 battle of the Ottoman–Albanian wars

The Battle of Torvioll, also known as the Battle of Lower Dibra, was fought on 29 June 1444 on the Plain of Torvioll, in what is now Albania. Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg was an Albanian nobleman who decided to return to his homeland and take the reins of a new Albanian league against the Ottoman Empire.

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