|
I N S I G N
I A |
Gold coat
of arms, with an elephant bearing a crown an a red
caparison with a white cross, standing on a lawn. On its
back is a fortified tower flying a red pennant with a
silver cross. |
|
C O L O U R
S |
Red with
white and cobalt blue stripes. |
|
M O T T O |
Power as
well as might. |
|
S I G N I F
I C A N C E |
Strenght |
M I L I T A
R Y
C O M P A N I E S |
Salicotto
di Sopra, Salicotto di Sotto, Rialto, San Giusto. |
|
G U I L D |
Woolcombers |
|
O R A T O R
Y |
Erected in
Via Salicotto by the Republic of Siena in memory of the
victory against the armies of de' Medici and the pope in
the battle of Porta Camollia in 1526. The building was
completed in 1530 and mass has been celebrated there
since 1536. |
P A T R O N O
S A I N T
A N D
F E A S T D A Y |
St.
James and St. Ann, 25 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
Salicotto, 78 - tel. 0577.222181 / 0577.222555 |
C O N T R A D A
A S S O C I A T I O N |
SOCIETA'
L'ELEFANTE -
Via Salicotto, 92 - tel. 0577.222555 |
O F F I C I
A L
W E B S I T
E |
www.contradadellatorre.it |
B A P T I S
M A L
F O N T |
The
Contrada's baptismal font is the work of sculptor Mauro
Berrettini (1984); it replaced the one sulpted by Fausto
Corsini in 1954. |
|
T W I N N E
D |
NO ONE |
|
A L L I E S |
THE
CATERPILLAR |
|
A D V E R S
A R Y |
THE
GOOSE
(since 1671)
- THE WAVE
declares to be her adversary 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 |
TO-TO-TORRE |
M E M B E R
O F T H E
T O W E R |
Torraiolo |
|
L U C K Y
N U M B E R |
3 |
C O N T R A
D A ' S
A R E A |
SALICOTTO |
