FlickrFriday Point
The Battle of Chioggia was a naval battle between the Venetian and the Genoese fleets, which culminated on June 24, 1380 in the Venetian lagoon near Chioggia, Italy, . The Genoese, commanded by Admiral Pietro Doria, had captured the little fishing port in August the preceding year, so to find out where the Venetian fleet was, they send a boy to the top of the Campanile Pinacoteca with instructions to blow a horn and “point” to the position of the enemy fleet, unfortunately he fell to his death and the battle was lost.
FlickrFriday Point
The Battle of Chioggia was a naval battle between the Venetian and the Genoese fleets, which culminated on June 24, 1380 in the Venetian lagoon near Chioggia, Italy, . The Genoese, commanded by Admiral Pietro Doria, had captured the little fishing port in August the preceding year, so to find out where the Venetian fleet was, they send a boy to the top of the Campanile Pinacoteca with instructions to blow a horn and “point” to the position of the enemy fleet, unfortunately he fell to his death and the battle was lost.