Siege of Gardiki-Arcadia

1460 CE.

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The Siege of Gardiki-Arcadia was the fall of a fortress besieged by the Ottoman army under the command of Mehmed II in the Peloponnese in 1460. The castle surrendered after a one-day siege. It was the largest and most formidable castle in the region.

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