Portal:Christianity/Selected picture/2006
December 2005
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January 2006
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Basilica_of_St._Josaphat.jpg/200px-Basilica_of_St._Josaphat.jpg)
February 2006
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Innozenz3.jpg/200px-Innozenz3.jpg)
March 2006
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Redentor.jpg/250px-Redentor.jpg)
April 2006
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Organ_Notre-Dame_de_Montreal_Basilica.jpg/300px-Organ_Notre-Dame_de_Montreal_Basilica.jpg)
May 2006
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/God2-Sistine_Chapel.png/310px-God2-Sistine_Chapel.png)
June 2006
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Wieliczka-daVinci.jpg/310px-Wieliczka-daVinci.jpg)
July 2006
August 2006
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September 2006
![Interior of Old Saint Paul's, Wellington, New Zealand](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Old_saint_pauls_2.jpg/180px-Old_saint_pauls_2.jpg)
October 2006
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The Battle of Vienna (Turkish: İkinci Viyana Kuşatması) (as distinct from the Siege of Vienna in 1529) took place on September 11 and September 12, 1683 after Vienna had been besieged by Turks for two months. It was the first large-scale battle of the Great Turkish War, yet with the most far-reaching consequences.
The siege itself began on 14 July 1683, by the Ottoman army commanded by Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha. The decisive battle took place on 12 September, after the united relief army of 70,000 men had arrived, pitted against the Ottoman army of approximately 138,000 men — although a large number of these played no part in the battle, as only 50,000 were experienced soldiers, and the rest less-motivated supporting troops.[1] King John III Sobieski of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had been made Commander in Chief of his own 30,000-man Polish forces and the 40,000 troops of Habsburg and their allies, led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine.
The battle marked the turning point in the 300-year struggle between the forces of the Central European kingdoms and the Ottoman Empire. Over the sixteen years following the battle, the Habsburgs of Austria, and their allies gradually occupied and dominated southern Hungary and Transylvania, which had been largely cleared by the Turkish forces.
References
- ^ "Türkenbelagerung - Die Heere" (in German). Wein-Vienna. Retrieved 2006-08-28.
November 2006
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Bitwa_pod_Wiedniem_Brandt.jpg/400px-Bitwa_pod_Wiedniem_Brandt.jpg)
The Battle of Vienna (Turkish: İkinci Viyana Kuşatması) (as distinct from the Siege of Vienna in 1529) took place on September 11 and September 12, 1683 after Vienna had been besieged by Turks for two months. It was the first large-scale battle of the Great Turkish War, yet with the most far-reaching consequences.
The siege itself began on 14 July 1683, by the Ottoman army commanded by Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha. The decisive battle took place on 12 September, after the united relief army of 70,000 men had arrived, pitted against the Ottoman army of approximately 138,000 men — although a large number of these played no part in the battle, as only 50,000 were experienced soldiers, and the rest less-motivated supporting troops.[1] King John III Sobieski of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had been made Commander in Chief of his own 30,000-man Polish forces and the 40,000 troops of Habsburg and their allies, led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine.
The battle marked the turning point in the 300-year struggle between the forces of the Central European kingdoms and the Ottoman Empire. Over the sixteen years following the battle, the Habsburgs of Austria, and their allies gradually occupied and dominated southern Hungary and Transylvania, which had been largely cleared by the Turkish forces.
References
- ^ "Türkenbelagerung - Die Heere" (in German). Wein-Vienna. Retrieved 2006-08-28.
December 2006
![](http://178.128.105.246/cars-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Catedral_de_Segovia.jpg/400px-Catedral_de_Segovia.jpg)