English: 1728 Venetian Monument on Skarponas Rampart of New Fortress, Defensive Wall of Corfu Town, with Lion of Saint Mark (Symbol of Venice) and arms of Diedo[1] (Arma Diedo: Troncato d'oro e d'azzurro alla banda di rosso attraversante;[2] or
da Casimiro Freschot ne LA NOBILTA' VENETA del 1707 a pag 305: DIEDO. Porta partito d'argento, e di verde, con una fascia d'oro, sopra la prima partitione. Si trovano altre Arme di questa Casa in varij manoscritti, cioè d'oro con due fascie verde, che fù la prima, e spaccato, è diviso per fianco, d'oro, e di verde con una benda vermiglia, c'uno di questa Casa alzò l'anno 1308. Per fess or and azure, a bend gules; Per fess or and vert, a bend gules) above. See comparitive, ledger stone of Ludovico Alvise Diedo (d.1466), Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice[1].
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").
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