Motto:
"With slow and heavy step, the Snail enters the field to win".."
Significance::
Prudence.
Military
Companies:: San Marco, San Quirico, Monistero.
Patron
Saint and Feast Day: The Holy Apostles Petr
and Paul, 29 June.
Oratory:
Erected on the foundation of the 14th-century Convent of St Paul.
It was reconstructed accordin to a plan drawn up by Flaminio del Turco
and granted to the Contrada for the celebration of its religious functions
in 1814.
Historic
Seat and Museum: Via San Marco, 31
Contrada
Association: San Marco, Via San Marco, 77
Baptismal
Font:: The first Contrada baptismal font to
be installed, it is the work of sculptor Fulvio Corsini (1947). The
inscription on its base reads: "When victory smiles on the Snail,
good wine will flow from this fountain." It is located in front
of the Contrada's oratory.
Allied
Contrade: The Caterpillar, the Porcupine,
the Panther, the Forest.
Adversary:
The Tortoise
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