Motto:
"It is the red of the coral that burns in my heart."
Significance:
Discretion
Military
Companies:: Abbadia nuova di Sopra, Abbadia
nuova di Sotto
Patron
Saint and Feast Day: St Gaetano of Thiene,
7 August
Oratory:
Between Via de' Pispini and Via dell'Oliviera, built in 1680 by the
Contrada members and dedicated to their patron saint
Historic
Seat and Museum: Via dei Pispini 68/70
Contrada
Association: "La Pania", Via dei
Pispini, 112
Baptismal
Font: Fountain of Pispini (16th century)
The Contrada was given the title "Noble" for the
valor its troops showed at Montaperti (1260) and at Porta Pispini
(1527); for having brought water to the ward in 1469 and to the Fountain
of Pispini in 1534
The Shell is
twinned with the town of Asciano
Allied
Contrade: The Caterpillar, the Wave, the Tortoise
Adversary:
The Ram

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