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From Agios Stefanos or Monte Smith hill: Coats of arms of Grand Masters Pierre d'Aubusson and Émery d'Amboise, decorative features from several buildings, inscriptions and a gargoyle.

Tags: Aegean islands, Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Emery d'Amboise, Greece, Inscriptions, Pierre d'Aubusson, Rhodes

Relief of angel and coat of arms of Grand Master Émery d'Amboise, from D'Amboise Gate. Ottoman inscription from the same gate (“There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God."). Relief of Virgin with infant and coat of arms of Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson, discovered in the Jewish quarter and kept at the Franciscan monastery in Rhodes. Coat of arms of the Knights Hospitaller from the medieval town. Latin inscription «In convertendo inimicum meum retrorsum infirmabuntur et peribunt a facie tua» (Psalms 9:3 “When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence”), referring to the siege of Rhodes by the Ottomans.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Coats of arms – Emblems, D'Amboise Gate (Rhodes), Dodecanese, Emery d'Amboise, Greece, Icons, Inscriptions, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Pierre d'Aubusson, Reliefs, Rhodes

Coats of armds and bas-reliefs from the walls of the city of Rhodes. Bas-relief of Saint Peter, Saint Catherine and Saint John the Baptist. Inscription commemorating the construction of the Sea Gate under Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson.

Tags: Aegean islands, Coats of arms – Emblems, Dodecanese, Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller, Greece, Inscriptions, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Pierre d'Aubusson, Rhodes

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