Contrada

{{dablink|For the Italian ''[[comune]]'', see [[Contrada, Campania]]}} {{unreferenced|date=November 2007}} '''Contrada''' (plural: ''contrade'') is a generic name given to various types of Italian city subdivisions, now unofficial. Depending on the case, a ''contrada'' will be a ''[[località]]'', a ''[[rione]]'', a ''[[quartiere]]'' (''terziere'', etc.), a ''[[borgo]]'', or even a suburb. The best-known ''contrade'' are the [[Contrade of Siena|17 ''Contrade'' of Siena]], since they form the teams in the [[Palio di Siena]], the [[palio]] most widely viewed by foreign visitors. In most of [[Lombardy]], a ''contrada'' is only a street, but with historical and social importance. In some parts of [[Sicily]] ''contrada'' is a subdivision of a [[Comune]], also administrative. ==See also== * [[Frazione]] * [[Località]] * [[Circoscrizione]] * [[Rione]] **[[Rioni of Rome]] * [[Terziere]] * [[Quartiere]] * [[Sestiere]] {{coord missing|Italy}}