Tour Overview
Important Contrada Information
Banner (with colors and symbol): A crowned porcupine with a Cyprus rose on either side of the crown. Above the crown is a white cross of the Sovereign Military Company of Malta. Beneath the porcupine is a blue Savoy knot. The circle is surrounded by black, blue, and red arabesques.
Motto: Sol per difesa io pungo. (I sting just for defense.)
Headquarters (seat or sede): Via Camollia, 89
The Neighborhood: Via Montanini; Piazza Antonio Gramsci; Piazza la Lizzaa; Porta Camolia; Laforteza Medicea
Guild: Blacksmiths
Church: Chiesa dei Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio (The Church of Saints Vincent and Anastasio) in Via Camollia
Patron Saint: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
Fountain: created by Vico Consorti in 1962 and located in Via Malta
Allied Contrade: Caterpillar (since 1665), Snail (since 1947), Owl (since 1933), Giraffe (since 1795), She-wolf (until 1934)
Adversary Contrade: She-wolf (since 1934)
The Walk
Begin: Porta Camollia
End: Fortezza Medicea
Stops
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Introduction
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#1 Porta Camollia
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#2 Antiporto
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#3 Fortino delle donne Senesi
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#4 Christogram on the Porta
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#5 Baldassarre Peruzzi
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#6 Piazzetta della Magione
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#7 Chiesa Templare di San Pietro alla Magione
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#8 Casa della Pelle
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#9 Chiesa di Santa Maria in Portico a Fontegiusta
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#10 Trattoria Fonte Giusta
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#11 The Bottini
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#12 Oratorio dei Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio
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#13 Museo del Contrada dell'istrice
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#14 Number 85 Via Camollia
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#15 Chiesa di Santo Stefano alla Lizza
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#16 Piazza la Lizza
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#17 Vicolo dello Sportello
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#18 Parrocchia di Sant’Andrea Apostolo
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#19 Piazza Antonio Gramsci
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#20 Piazza la Lizza Open-air Market
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#21 Fortezza Medicea
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The End
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