Site of the Battle of Vaslui
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The Battle of Vaslui (also referred to as the Battle of Podul Înalt or the Battle of Racova) was fought on January 10, 1475, between Stephen III of Moldavia and the Ottoman governor of Rumelia, Hadım Suleiman Pasha. The battle took place at Podul Înalt (the High Bridge), near the town of Vaslui, in Moldavia (now part of eastern Romania). The Ottoman troops numbered up to 120,000, facing about 40,000 Moldavian troops, plus smaller numbers of allied and mercenary troops.
Stephen inflicted a decisive defeat on the Ottomans, described as "the greatest ever secured by the Cross against Islam," with casualties, according to Venetian and Polish records, reaching beyond 40,000 on the Ottoman side. Mara Brankovic (Mara Hatun), the former younger wife of Murad II, told a Venetian envoy that the invasion had been worst ever defeat for the Ottomans. Stephen was later awarded the title "Athleta Christi" (Champion of Christ) by Pope Sixtus IV, who referred to him as "verus christianae fidei athleta" ("the true defender of the Christian faith").
Strength
40,000 Moldavians
5,000 Székelys
2,000 Polish
1,800 Hungarians (did not engage)
20 cannons ~120,000 Ottomans
17,000 Wallachians (did not engage)
20,000 Bulgarians
(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Stephen inflicted a decisive defeat on the Ottomans, described as "the greatest ever secured by the Cross against Islam," with casualties, according to Venetian and Polish records, reaching beyond 40,000 on the Ottoman side. Mara Brankovic (Mara Hatun), the former younger wife of Murad II, told a Venetian envoy that the invasion had been worst ever defeat for the Ottomans. Stephen was later awarded the title "Athleta Christi" (Champion of Christ) by Pope Sixtus IV, who referred to him as "verus christianae fidei athleta" ("the true defender of the Christian faith").
Strength
40,000 Moldavians
5,000 Székelys
2,000 Polish
1,800 Hungarians (did not engage)
20 cannons ~120,000 Ottomans
17,000 Wallachians (did not engage)
20,000 Bulgarians
(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vaslui
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 46°35'53"N 27°44'36"E
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- Forest 19 km
- Malinesti Monastery 41 km
- Mănăstirea Hadâmbu 52 km
- Cathedral'S Park 64 km
- Spitalul Vechi 72 km
- Borzeşti Church 81 km
- Petrochemical platform Borzeşti - Borzeşti Industrial Group (GIP) 82 km
- La clean (la asteptare) 82 km
- The first combinied bridge build by civil engineer Anghel Saligny (Onesti Municipality) 84 km
- Sectia ceramica 1.3 km
- Iazul Lipovăţului 2.3 km
- "Termica" Vaslui 2.6 km
- Old Comunist Industrial zone of Vaslui 4.6 km
- Former furniture factory "Movas" 4.9 km
- Vaslui 5.5 km
- Parcul Copou, Vaslui 5.6 km
- Baza militara 5.6 km
- cartier case 6.1 km
- VASTEX SA 6.8 km