| Sack of Cullera | |||||||
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 Location of the sack of Cullera | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |  Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Dragut | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 300 privateers | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Almost all of the inhabitants are enslaved[1] | ||||||
Thesack of Cullera, in Spain on the Mediterranean Sea, occurred on 20 May 1550, according to an entry made by a 16th century writer,Pere Joan Porcar;[2] another account gives the date as 15 May 1550[3]
In May 1550, theOttoman generalDragut landed inCullera,Valencia and sacked the city taking away many inhabitants inslavery.Dragut had just assaultedBenalmádena,Benissa andSant Joan d'Alacant with 27 galleys, he then sailed to Valencia which he sacked before his assault on Cullera.[4][5][1]
Dragut attacked Cullera at night with 300 men.[6] Dragut sacked the city, seized goods from the people and took almost all of the inhabitants of the city as slaves.[1][7] He kept the captives in a cave before taking them to a slave market in Algiers.[8] This same cave now has a statue of Dragut and a museum commemorating his attack.[citation needed]
After his assault on Cullera he made his way toMajorca where he sacked Pollença, killing or capturing 130 people in the process.[1] He then attacked Barenys inSardinia where he destroyed the castle, set fire to the crops and took many captives.[9]
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