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After the alliance "T.O.N.O." (the Tartuca, Oca, Nicchio and Onda group) [22] the Tartuca remained dry for eighteen years (although from 1940 to 1944 there was suspension due to World War II). On August 16, 1951, Giuseppe Gentili, known as Ciancone, made up for it: the jockey from Manziana had already won on July 2 for the Pantera, and thanks ...
Tartuca is situated at the southern end of the city. Traditionally, its residents were sculptors. Tartuca ' s symbol is a tortoise with alternating Savoy knots and daisies. Its colours are yellow and deep blue. [6] Winner of the Palio, on July 2, 2009, with Giuseppe Zedde on Già del Menhir. Tartuca last won the Palio on 20 October 2018.
The taruca is a medium-sized deer with a heavy body. It measures 128 to 146 cm (50 to 57 in) from head to rump, with an 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) tail, and stands 69 to 80 cm (27 to 31 in) tall at the shoulder.
Tartuca (the Tortoise) accomplished the feat in 1933 with jockey Fernando Leoni (nicknamed "Ganascia") on Folco. In 1997, Giraffa (the Giraffe) won both races, with jockey Giuseppe Pes, nicknamed Il Pesse. In 2016, jockey Jonatan Bartoletti, on the mount "Preziosa Penelope", won both the July and August races for Lupa (the She-wolf). [6]
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The Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova (St Anthony of Padua) is a small church on Via Tommaso Pendola (formerly Via delle Murella) in Siena, Italy.The oratory is property of the "Ward of the Turtle" or Contrada della Tartuca, and now commonly called Sant'Antonio alle Murella.
2 July 1972 - winning for Contrade Della Tartuca; 17 September 1972 - winning for Contrade Dell' Istrice; 16 August 1974 - winning for Contrade Della Selva;
Corteo storico (Palio di Siena) (Wikipedia in Italian) Alan Dundes, Alessandro Falassi. La terra in Piazza: an interpretation of the Palio of Siena. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1975. ISBN 0-520-04771-0; Alan Dundes, Alessandro Falassi, foto di Gigi Lusini. La terra in piazza. Antropologia del Palio, trad. italiana. Siena, Nuova ...