The Contrada di Valdimontone occupies the southern quarter around the Basilica of Santa Maria dei Servi and Via di Valdimontone, in the Terzo di San Martino. Its emblem is a crowned rampant ram, and its colours are red and yellow with white.
Identity
The Valdimontone lies in the Terzo di San Martino; its società is the Società Castelmontorio, and its rival is the Nicchio.
Patron and feast
The contrada's titolare is Our Lady of Good Counsel (Madonna del Buon Consiglio). Liturgical feast: 26 April. Festa Titolare: around the feast. Annual programme: published each year. The contrada's church is the Oratorio della Santissima Trinità.
Museum and what to see
The Museo della Contrada di Valdimontone, on Via di Valdimontone, is a purpose-built complex designed by the architects Giovanni Michelucci with Bruno Sacchi — commissioned in 1974 and inaugurated on 22 June 1997 — conceived as a spatial journey integrated into the historic fabric. Visits are available by reservation or during announced special openings.
Practical information
Terzo — San Martino. Church — Oratorio della Santissima Trinità. Società — Castelmontorio. Rival — Nicchio. Official site — valdimontone.it.