Siege of Modon

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The Siege of Modon was a key late 17th-century Ottoman–Venetian military engagement in the Peloponnese, where Venetian forces sought to capture the strategic port fortress of Modon during the Morean War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
belligerent Ottoman Empire
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
conductedBy Venetian commanders
conflictIn Morean War NERFINISHED
conflictType Ottoman–Venetian military engagement
era early modern period
geopoliticalContext Venetian–Ottoman rivalry NERFINISHED
struggle for dominance in the eastern Mediterranean
hasAlternativeName Siege of Methoni NERFINISHED
hasCombatants Ottoman land forces NERFINISHED
Ottoman naval forces
Venetian army
Venetian navy NERFINISHED
hasLocation Modon NERFINISHED
Morea NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Peloponnese NERFINISHED
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
southern Greece NERFINISHED
hasStrategicImportance control of access to the Ionian Sea
control of key port fortress
control of sea routes in the eastern Mediterranean
hasWiderImpact shift in regional balance between Venice and the Ottomans
historicalRegion Morea NERFINISHED
Peloponnese peninsula NERFINISHED
involves Ottoman garrison
Venetian forces
involvesFortificationType coastal fortress
walled port city
isPartOfCampaign Venetian campaign in the Morea NERFINISHED
locatedInFortress fortress of Modon NERFINISHED
locatedInPort port of Modon
objective capture of Modon fortress
seizure of strategic port
opposedBy Ottoman defenders
partOf Ottoman–Venetian Wars NERFINISHED
relatedTo Ottoman defense of Greek territories
Venetian expansion in the Morea
resultedIn change in control of Modon
significance important episode of the Morean War
key engagement in Venetian conquest efforts in the Morea
theaterOfWar Peloponnesian theater of the Morean War NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 17th century
tookPlaceNear Ionian Sea NERFINISHED
Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED

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Morean War hasNotableEvent Siege of Modon