Otranto

The Martyrs of Otranto
In 1480 the Turks besieged the city, and after 80 days of bloodshed the Turkish expedition commander Achmet Pascià gathered 800 men and made them choose between embracing the Muslin faith or decapitation; the 800 men chose death. Their relics are contained in 7 great cabinets, in the apse of Otranto Cathedral, where the great rock used by the invaders for the decapitation is also kept.