Venice (through its bailo Barbaro) and Mehmet Pasha conclude a peace treaty, recognizing the Ottomans’ possession of Cyprus. The gold-lettered document is preserved in the State Archives at the Frari. A few months later, the Turks retook Tunis from the Spanish. This concludes the legacy of Lepanto, the battle that saved the West, which had a tremendous emotional and propaganda impact, but without any significant Western conquests.
