Contrada di Valdimontone

GENERAL INFORMATION

HEADQUARTERS: Via Valdimontone, 4 - Terzo di San Martino

SOCIETY: Società di Castelmontorio - Piazza Alessandro Manzoni, 6

NAME OF THE CONTRADAIOLI: Montonaioli

MOTTO: "Under my blow, the wall collapses"

COAT OF ARMS: gold, with a prominent ram, topped by an ancient gold crown; the right corner in blue charged with the uppercase Roman letter U in gold crowned with the royal of the same (Royal Decree of February 9, 1889)

COLORS: explains a red and yellow flag in equal parts striped or arabesqued in white

SYMBOLIZES: perseverance

PLACES AND REFERENCES

CHURCH AND ORATORY: Oratory of the Most Holy Trinity - Via Valdimontone, 4

PATRON AND TITLE FESTIVAL: Most Holy Virgin Mary of Good Counsel, last Sunday of April

MUSEUM: Via Val di Montone, 6

Fountain: The Fountain of San Maurizio is located on Via San Girolamo, at the corner with Via Roma. Although it is the only one located in the territory of Valdimontone, the contrada does not use its water for the contradaiolo baptism, which takes place in the amphitheater adjacent to the Sala delle Vittorie on the afternoon of the day before the Title Festival.

RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATION

RELATIONS WITH OTHER CONTRADE:
allies Onda
enemies: Nicchio

CORPORATIONS: silk merchants

MILITARY COMPANIES: Borgo Santa Maria, Sant'Angelo a Montone, San Maurizio (Samoreci)

HISTORY OF THE CONTRADA DI VALDIMONTONE

Valdimontone is the oldest contrada of the Terzo di San Martino. It is located in the southern part of the city, in the area surrounding the large Basilica dei Servi, and its territory is delimited by the Bando of Violante of Bavaria, Governor of Siena, issued on January 7, 1729, referring to the palaces and their owners of the time, based more on the buildings than on the streets. Legend has it that the name derives from "Montorio," a Roman commander who arrived in the area to besiege the sons of Remus, Senio and Ascanio, who had taken refuge in Castelvecchio after fleeing Rome to escape the wrath of their uncle Romulus. The commander had established his residence on the hill overlooking the district where the Basilica dei Servi now stands, an area also called "di Castelmontorio."

The rivalry with Nicchio, relatively young, took shape in the 1950s, simultaneously with that between Oca and Nicchio, and the breaking of the pact known as "TONO," named after the four contrade that composed it: Tartuca, Onda, Nicchio, and Oca, following the events of August 1934.

PALIOS AND RESULTS

WON PALIOS: 44 for the Municipality, 49 for the Contrada