|
I N S I G N
I A |
Argent coat
of arms studded with red roses and the initials U and M
(Humbert I and argaret of Savoy), with snail. |
|
C O L O U R
S |
Red and
yellow, with cobalt blue borders. |
|
M O T T O |
With slow
and heavy step, the Snail enters the field to win. |
|
S I G N I F
I C A N C E |
Prudence |
M I L I T A
R Y
C O M P A N I E S |
San Marco,
San Quirico, Monistero. |
|
G U I L D |
Tanners |
|
O R A T O R
Y |
Erected on
the foundation of the 14th-century Convent of St. Paul.
It was reconstructed according to a plan drawn up by
Flaminio del Turco and granted to the Contrada for the
celebration of its religious functions in 1814. |
P A T R O N O
S A I N T
A N D
F E A S T D A Y |
The Holy
Apostles Peter and Paul, 29 June. |
|
H I S T O R
I C A L S E A T A N D M U S E U
M |
Via San
Marco, 31 - tel. 0577.45455 |
C O N T R A D A
A S S O C I A T I O N |
SAN MARCO -
Via San Marco, 77 - tel. 0577.49555 |
O F F I C I
A L
W E B S I T
E |
www.contradadellachiocciola.it |
B A P T I S
M A L
F O N T |
The first
Contrada baptismal font to be installed, it is the work
of sculptor Fulvio Corsini (1947). The inscription on
its base reads:"When victory will smile on the Snail/
good wine will flow from this fontain." It is located in
front of the Contrada's oratory. |
|
T W I N N E
D |
Since 1954,
the Snail has been twinned with the city of V E N I C E. |
|
A L L I E S |
THE
FOREST , THE PANTHER AND THE PORCUPINE. |
|
A D V E R S
A R Y |
THE
TORTOISE (before 1652).
Even if two
Contrada were allied in the following periods: 1689-1814 ; 1820-1840 ; 1866-1910
. |
R A L L Y I
N G C H E E R
A N D I D E N T I F Y I N G
C R Y |
CHIO-CHIO-CHIOCCIOLA |
M E M B E R
O F T H E
S N A I L |
Chiocciolino |
|
L U C K Y
N U M B E R |
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C O N T R A
D A ' S
A R E A |
SAN MARCO |
