|
I N S I G N
I A |
Gold coat
of arms, with a goose royally crowned upon a lawn, the
Savoy cross suspended on a blue ribbon at its neck.
The Contrada was given the title "Noble" in recognition
of the valor its soldiers showed in the battles of
Montemaggio (1145) and Montaperti (1260), after which it
was awarded the title of preceptor, and the war of Siena
(1552-1555), as well as for having built at its own
expense the Bottini acqueduct. |
|
C O L O U R
S |
Green and
white with red stripes. |
|
M O T T O |
Clangit ad
arma. |
|
S I G N I F
I C A N C E |
Wariness |
M I L I T A
R Y
C O M P A N I E S |
Sant'Antonio,
San Pellegrino. |
|
G U I L D |
Dyers |
|
O R A T O R
Y |
Built
between 1464 and 1474 by the residents of the
Fontebranda quarter in the house where St. Catherine was
born in 1347. |
P A T R O N O
S A I N T
A N D
F E A S T D A Y |
St.
Catherine of Siena, 29 April. |
|
H I S T O R
I C A L S E A T A N D M U S E U
M |
Vicolo del
Tiratoio, 13. - tel. 0577/285413 |
C O N T R A D A
A S S O C I A T I O N |
SOCIETA'
TRIESTE -
Via Santa Caterina, 55 - tel. 0577/280003 |
O F F I C I
A L
W E B S I T
E |
www.contradadelloca.it |
B A P T I S
M A L
F O N T |
The
Contrada baptism takes place at the Fontebranda
fountains (12th-13th century). |
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T W I N N E
D |
TRIESTE |
|
A L L I E S |
NO ONE |
|
A D V E R S
A R Y |
THE TOWER (since 1671) -
The
GOOSE does not entertain official relations with
the CATERPILLAR. |
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 |
PA-PA-PAPERO |
M E M B E R
O F T H E
G O O S E |
Ocaiolo |
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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 |
FONTEBRANDA |
