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==Wikipedia EN== | |||
[[Sphacteria]] (Greek: [[Σφακτηρία]] - Sfaktiria) also known as [[Sphagia]] ([[Σφαγία]]) is a small island at the entrance to the bay of [[Pylos]] in the [[Peloponnese]], Greece. It was the site of three battles: | |||
* the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war. | |||
* the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire | |||
* the 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence | |||
