Here's a street in Rome named after the battle of Lepanto. Do an internet search and find the "Ballad of Lepanto" by G. K. Chesterton as it's a fine poem...
"A huge Mohammedan armada fought at the mouth of the Gulf of Corinth against the Christian fleet at Lepanto. The Christians won that naval action, and the Western Mediterranean was saved. But it was a very close thing, and the name of Lepanto should remain in the minds of all men with a sense of history as one of the half dozen great names in the history of the Christian world. It has been a worthy theme for the finest battle poem of our time. 'The Ballad of Lepanto,' by the late Mr. Gilbert Chesterton."
The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc (Tan Books and Publishers).
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