Marcantonio Diedo
Marcantonio Diedo, was a Venetian naval commander who served as Supreme Governor of the Island of Corfu and as Provveditore Generale da Mar 1728-31 ). He served as commander of the Venetian fleet in the Battle of Imbros and Battle of Matapan against the Ottoman Fleet.Diedo is memorialised on a 1728 Venetian monument affixed to the Defensive Wall of the New Fortress of Corfu Town, displaying above the Lion of Saint Mark and the arms of Diedo. It is inscribed in Latin as follows:
; Marco Antonio Diedo, Supreme Governor ; Giorgio Grimani, Commander of the Fleet; the first ordered this.
