Motto:
"The first Forest in the Field.."
Significance:
Strength
Military Companies::
Vallepiatta, San Giovanni, Porta Salaia
Patron Saint
and Feast Day:
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, 15 August. It is celebrated
on the fourth Sunday in August.
Oratory:
The 16th-century church of St Sebastian, formerly belonging to the
Jesuate nuns, in Via Franciosa.
Historic Seat
and Museum:
Piazzetta della Selva, 5
Contrada Association:
"Società Rinoceronte", Via Vallepiatta, 26
Baptismal Font:
The work of sculptor Vinicio Guastatori (1965), the font is surmounted
by a rhinoceros. It bears the motto of the Contrada and is located
in front of the historic seat.
The Forest is
twinned with the city of Cuneo
Allied Contrade:
The
Snail, the Tortoise
Adversary:
None.
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