GENERAL INFORMATION
HEADQUARTERS: Via Camollia, 89 - Terzo di Camollia
SOCIETY: "The Lion" - Via Camollia, 209
NAME OF THE CONTRADA MEMBERS: Istriciaioli
MOTTO: "Only for defense I sting"
COAT OF ARMS: of silver, with a porcupine standing on a patch of natural ground, topped by an ancient gold crown, accompanied by two red roses (known as Cypriot); at the bottom a Savoy knot of blue; the chief of red with the white octagonal cross of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
COLORS: white striped or arabesque of red, black, and blue in equal parts
SYMBOLIZES: sharpness
PLACES AND REFERENCES
CHURCH AND ORATORY: San Vincenzo and Anastasio
PATRON AND TITLE FESTIVAL: Saint Bartholomew the Apostle - August 24, generally celebrated on the Sunday after the octave
MUSEUM: Via Camollia, 85
FOUNTAIN: Work of Vico Consorti, created in 1962, bears the slogan of the District and is located on Via Malta.
RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATION
RELATIONS WITH OTHER CONTRADE:
allies Bruco, Chiocciola, Civetta, Giraffa
enemies Lupa
CORPORATIONS: blacksmiths
MILITARY COMPANIES: Santo Stefano, San Vincenzo, La Magione, San Bartolomeo
HISTORY OF THE DISTRICT OF THE PORCUPINE
The District of the Porcupine has its roots in the territory of the northernmost portion of the city, inhabited by people divided into the Companies of La Magione and San Bartolomeo, of San Vincenzo and Santo Stefano.
The first visual testimony of the District's identity dates back to the bull hunt that took place in Piazza del Campo in 1516: the Companies of La Magione and San Bartolomeo appeared with a large machine representing a porcupine, while the Companies of San Vincenzo and Santo Stefano led one in the shape of a golden rampant lion. It was only in 1546 that all the inhabitants of Camollia presented themselves to the hunt under a single banner, thus marking the definitive unification of the companies into a single district.
PALII AND RESULTS
WON PALII: 42 for the Contrada | 38 for the Municipality
PARTICULARITIES
TITLE: The District holds the title of "Sovereign", granted in 1980 by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, which was based from the 14th century in the neighborhood of Camollia.
TWINNINGS: Perugia
