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The emblems and symbols of Rethymno
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The symbols of a land
of a country …of a city…of a group…
EMBLEM a symbolic distinctive shape
Europe
Asia
Africa
Crete : The crossroads of three continents
For many centuries... UP TO NOW!
Contemporary
Venetian
Ottoman
Classical
Byzantine
The “Great Door” or “Porta Guora”
The entrance of the “Turkish School”
The coat of arms of Rethymno
Crests
• The distinctive mark of a family of aristocrats or noblemen
• It could bear a representation of animals or/and plants or of abstract shapes
“Virtue makes the house shine, early 1609”
The Clodio crest
The Rimondi Crest
“The Barocci crest, Zouridi” “The Vlastos crest , Roustica»
Door-frames
Decoration with inscriptions and floral motifs
Decoration with inscriptions and anthropomorphous representations
Children chase birds
…warriors
… little angels with bows
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