Inscription in the Door of the Knot (Porta do Nó), Vila Viçosa, Portugal. The door was built (1654) to celebrate the restoration of the kingdom of Portugal from the Spanish Crown (that is, form the "know with Spain") in 1640 by King D. João IV. The left most inscriptions reads (in English): "This is the door of the fatal knots. Jonh, release me from the knot of Spain with the power of the sword"