Barbarossa Captures Capri: 1535

One man's patriot is another's pirate. Barbarossa ("Redbeard") was the most famous of four Ottoman brothers whose adventures thrilled the Turkish empire (and fellow Muslims) and tormented the Christian kingdoms. In 1535, he captured the beautiful isle of Capri, a very short sail from one of the richest cities of Christendom: Naples. He built a castle on the Italian island that stands to this day.

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