Venetian_blazon_in_Corfu.jpg

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Description Venetian blazon in Corfu.jpg	Italiano: Il leone di san Marco , simbolo di Venezia, sovrasta a Corfù (anticamente possedimento veneziano) un'iscrizione latina che ricorda i lavori di fortificazione condotti a termine sotto il doge Alvise III Mocenigo , che ne incaricò Marco Antonio Diedo e Giorgio Grimani , nel 1728. English: 1728 Venetian Monument on Defensive Wall of Corfu Town, with Lion of Saint Mark (Symbol of Venice) above. Inscribed in Latin: D(eo) O(ptimo) M(aximo) Aloysius Mocenico Venetiarum Dux Marcus Antonius Diedo Moderat(o)r Supremus Georgius Grimani Classis Praefectus Haec Primus Jussit Alter Disposuit Tertius Noctudiurno Labore Brevit(e)r Absolvit ("To God, most good, most great, Alvise III Mocenigo , Duke of the Venetians (i.e. Doge ); Marco Antonio Diedo , Supreme Governor; Giorgio Grimani , Commander of the Fleet; The first ordered this (i.e. the Wall); The second planned it; the third, by labour day and night, quickly completed it").
Date	29 August 2006
Source	Own work
Author	Dr.K.

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