• A contrada (plural: contrade) is generally a district within the Italian countryside. In the city of Siena, the term indicates the 17 urban wards, whose...
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    The Contrada of the Tortoise (Italian: Contrada della Tartuca) is one of the seventeen historic subdivisions of the Tuscan city of Siena. It takes part...
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    followed by Chiocciola, the Snail, with 51, and Tartuca, the Tortoise, with 46. Oca is also the contrada with the most wins in recent history (from 1900...
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    Italy. The oratory is property of the "Ward of the Turtle" or Contrada della Tartuca, and now commonly called Sant'Antonio alle Murella. Siena also has...
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    Margherita in Castelvecchio Contrada della Tartuca], Prose e poesie relative alla riconciliazione delle Contrade Tartuca e Chiocciola avvenuta il 7 novembre...
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    Valdimontone (Valley of the Ram), Pharmacists Pantera (Panther), Sculptors Tartuca (Tortoise), Weavers Selva (Forest), Dye makers Oca (Goose), Bankers Drago...
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    17 wards (contrada): Aquila, Bruco, Chiocciola, Civetta, Drago, Giraffa, Istrice, Leocorno, Lupa, Nicchio, Oca, Onda, Pantera, Selva, Tartuca, Torre, Valdimontone...
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    Pietro da Minella. The church was used as an oratory for the Contrada of the Turtle (Tartuca) until 1663. The brick exterior remains asymmetric and unfinished...
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