|
I N S I G N
I A |
Blue coat
of arms. A silver shell surmounted by a granducal crown
between two branches of red coral, three Savoy knots and
two roses, one red, the other silver.
The Contrada was given the title "Noble" for the valor
its troops showed at Montaperti (1260) and at Porta
Pispini (1527); for having brought water to the ward in
1469; and at the fountain of Pispini in 1534. |
|
C O L O U R
S |
Cobalt blue
with yellow and red stripes. |
|
M O T T O |
It is the
red of the coral that burns in my heart. |
|
S I G N I F
I C A N C E |
Discretion |
M I L I T A
R Y
C O M P A N I E S |
Abbadia
nuova di Sopra, Abbadia nuova di Sotto. |
|
G U I L D |
Potters |
|
O R A T O R
Y |
Between Via
de' Pispini and Via dell'Oliviera, built in 1680 by the
Contrada members and dedicated to their patron saint. |
P A T R O N O
S A I N T
A N D
F E A S T D A Y |
St. Gaetano
of Thiene, 7 August. |
|
H I S T O R
I C A L S E A T A N D M U S E U
M |
Via dei
Pispini, 68/70 - tel. 0577.49600 |
C O N T R A D
A
A S S O C I A T I O N |
SOCIETA'
LA PANIA - Via dei Pispini, 112 -
tel. 0577.222666 |
O F F I C I A L
W E B S I T E |
www.nobilecontradadelnicchio.it |
B A P T I S
M A L
F O N T |
Fountain of
Pispini (16th century), Piazza Santo Spirito. |
|
T W I N N E
D |
ASCIANO
(SI) |
|
A L L I E S |
THE
CATERPILLAR, THE WAVE and THE TORTOISE. |
|
A D V E R S
A R Y |
THE RAM
(since 1952) |
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 |
NI-NI-NICCHIO |
M E M B E R
O F T H E
S H E L L |
Nicchiaiolo |
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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 |
PISPINI |
