Marcantonio Diedo or Marco Antonio Diedo was a Venetian naval commander who served as Provveditore Generale da Mar in 1728-31. He served as commander of the Venetian fleet () in the Battle of Imbros (June 1717) and

Battle of Matapan The Battle of Matapan took place on 19 July 1717 off the Cape Matapan, on the coast of the Mani Peninsula, now in southern Greece. The naval battle was between the Venetian navy, Armada Grossa of the Republic of Venice, supported by a mixed sq ...

(July 1717) against the Ottoman fleet.

Mural monument in Corfu

Diedo is memorialised on a 1728 monument affixed to the outer wall of the

New Fortress The New Fortress of Corfu ( gr, Νέο Φρούριο; ) is a Venetian fortress built on the hill of St. Mark in Corfu in stages. The original architect of the fort was the military engineer Ferrante Vitelli. The current buildings which exist w ...

of Corfu Town, displaying above the

Lion of Saint Mark The Lion of Saint Mark, representing Mark the Evangelist, pictured in the form of a winged lion, is an aspect of the Tetramorph. On the pinnacle of St Mark's Cathedral he is depicted as holding a Bible, and surmounting a golden lion which is ...

(the symbol of Venice) and the arms of Diedo. It is inscribed in Latin as follows: : : : : : : : :{{lang, la, AD MDCCXXVIII ("To God, the most good and greatest, Alvise III Mocenigo, Duke of the Venetians (i.e.

Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 ...

); 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, in the year of our Lord 1728").

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