Motto:
"Power as well as might."
Significance:
Strength
Military Companies:
Salicotto di Sopra, Salicotto di Sotto, Rialto, San Giusto
Patron Saint
and Feast Day:
St James the Greatest Apostle and St Ann, 25 July
Oratory:
Erected in Via Salicotto by the Republic of Siena in memory of the
victory against the armies of de' Medici and those of the pope in
the battle of Porta Camollia in 1526. The building was completed in
1530 and mass has been celebrated there since 1536.
Historic Seat
and Museum:Via
Salicotto, 78
Contrada Association:
"L'Elefante", Via Salicotto, 92
Baptismal Font:
The font is the work of
sculptor Mauro Berrettini
(1984); it replaced the one sculpted by Fausto Corsini in 1954. It
bears the Contrada's motto of "VICTORIA" and is located
in Via Salicotto.
Allied Contrade:
The
Caterpillar
Adversary:
The Goose
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