Alessandro De Medici's Durr's Rhino

Durr's rhino is because of the relative dearth of rhinoceros in Europe, which again we've commented on. Alessandro de Medici decided to put a rhinocelo in his family emblem as a sign of his strength and resilience. Similar, the obelisk in front of Paris's Church of the Sepulcher has an armored rhinocero in front of it.