|
I N S I G N
I A |
Argent coat
of arms, with a dolphin surmounted by a crown and
swimming in a blue sea.
The Contrada has the title "Captain" because its troops
guarded the Palazzo del Comune. |
|
C O L O U R
S |
White and
azure. |
|
M O T T O |
The colour
of the sky, the might of the sea. |
|
S I G N I F
I C A N C E |
Joy |
M I L I T A
R Y
C O M P A N I E S |
Casato di
Sotto, San Salvatore. |
|
G U I L D |
Wood
workers |
|
O R A T O R
Y |
The
16th-century church stands at the Arch of St. Joseph,
and was granted to the Contrada by edict of Grand Duke
Leopold II in 1787. |
P A T R O N O
S A I N T
A N D
F E A S T D A Y |
Our Lady of
the Visitation, 2 July. |
|
H I S T O R
I C A L S E A T A N D M U S E U
M |
Via
G. Duprč, 111 - tel. 0577.48384 |
C O N T R A D
A
A S S O C I A T I O N |
SOCIETA'
GIOVANNI DUPRE' - Vicolo San Salvatore, 24, -
tel. 0577.44249 |
O F F I C I A L
W E B S I T E |
www.contradacapitanadellonda.it |
B A P T I S
M A L
F O N T |
The
Contrada's baptismal font was designed by Algero Rosi.
The insignia on it were made by Vittorio Conti. The
bronze sculptures are by Alfonso Buoninsegni (1972). |
|
T W I N N E
D |
TALAMONE
(GR) |
|
A L L I E S |
THE SHELL,
THE TORTOISE and THE RAM. |
|
A D V E R S
A R Y |
THE TOWER
(before 1599) |
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 |
O-O-ONDE |
M E M B E R
O F T H E
W A V E |
Ondaiolo |
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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 |
MALBORGHETTO |
