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Siena Walks 18: Contrada del Valdimontone—the Valley of the Ram

Walking
14 Stops
2h 30m
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Tour Overview

Important Contrada Information

Banner (with symbol and colors): A rampant ram with a crown on a yellow background. On the top left, there is a gold letter “U” with another crown on top on a dark blue background. The “U” recalls the name of Humbert I, King of Italy. The colors are red and yellow with some white.

Motto: Sotto il mio colpo la muraglia crolla (Under my blow the wall falls.)

Headquarters (seat or sede): Via di Valdimontone, 6

The Neighborhood: Porta Giustizia; Orto dei Pecci; Santa Maria dei Servi; Porta Romana

Guild: Silk merchants

Church: Oratorio della Santissim a Trinità (Oratory of the Most Holy Trinity) located in Via Valdimontone

Patron Saint: Madonna of the Good Counsel, 26 April. Celebrated on the last Sunday in April

Fountain: On Via San Girolamo. Baptisms into the contrada are celebrated on the feast day

Allied Contrada: Wave

Adversary Contrada: Shell

The Walk

Begin: Market Square

End: Roman City Gate

Stops

  1. Introduction

  2. #1 Via di Porta Giustizia

  3. #2 Orto de’ Pecci

  4. #3 Via del Sole

  5. #4 Chiesa di San Girolamo

  6. #5 Via San Girolamo

  7. #6 Fontana della Contrada Valdimontone

  8. #7 Basilica di San Clemente a Santa Maria dei Servi

  9. #8 L’oratorio della compagnia della Santissima Trinità

  10. #9 Giuseppe Garibaldi

  11. #10 Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli

  12. #11 Museo della Società di Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni

  13. #12 Opsidale Psichiatrico di San Nicolo

  14. #13 Mediterranean pines

  15. #14 Porta Romana

  16. The End

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