{"id":1461,"date":"2026-07-24T13:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/la-vara\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:07:39","slug":"la-vara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/es\/la-vara\/","title":{"rendered":"La Vara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section et-pb-has-background-video et_pb_preload\"><span class=\"et-pb-background-video\"><video autoplay loop playsinline muted><source type=\"video\/mp4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Vara-sfondo-4.mp4\" \/><\/video><\/span>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">La Vara<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">La Vara di Messina<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Una Storia lunga cinque secoli<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_0 et_pb_blurb et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_blurb_position_top et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap et_pb_only_image_mode_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-partenza-piazza-castronovo.jpg\" alt=\"vara-partenza-piazza-castronovo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-partenza-piazza-castronovo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-partenza-piazza-castronovo-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1432\" title=\"vara-partenza-piazza-castronovo\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Quando l'Assunta tocca il cielo<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Ogni 15 agosto, Messina si ferma. Oltre mille tiratori a piedi nudi trascinano per le<br \/>vie del centro un'imponente macchina votiva alta 13,50 metri e pesante circa 8 tonnellate:<br \/>\u00e8 la Vara, il cuore pulsante della festa dell'Assunta e uno dei riti popolari pi\u00f9<br \/>spettacolari d'Europa. Non \u00e8 solo una processione: \u00e8 l'anima della citt\u00e0 che torna in<br \/>strada, ogni anno, da quasi cinque secoli.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_1 et_pb_blurb et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_blurb_position_top et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap et_pb_only_image_mode_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-palazzo-governo.jpg\" alt=\"vara al palazzo del governo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-palazzo-governo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-palazzo-governo-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1431\" title=\"vara-palazzo-governo\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Come la vive Messina<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Il 15 agosto Messina si riempie di pellegrini, turisti e messinesi tornati apposta da<br \/>fuori citt\u00e0. Lungo via Garibaldi la folla accompagna il passaggio della macchina con<br \/>canti e applausi, in un'atmosfera che mescola devozione popolare e festa collettiva. \u00c8<br \/>anche il momento giusto per scoprire gli altri luoghi simbolo della citt\u00e0, dal Duomo con<br \/>il suo celebre orologio astronomico alla passeggiata lungo lo Stretto.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_2 et_pb_blurb et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_blurb_position_top et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap et_pb_only_image_mode_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-corde.jpg\" alt=\"Vara tra le corde\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-corde.jpg 600w, https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vara-corde-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1433\" title=\"vara-corde\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Assisti alla Processione<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Se vuoi assistere alla Vara, ti consigliamo di raggiungere via Garibaldi o Piazza Duomo<br \/>con largo anticipo: l'affluenza \u00e8 altissima e diverse strade vengono chiuse al traffico.<br \/>Approfitta della giornata per scoprire anche il resto del centro storico e la costa<br \/>dello Stretto di Messina.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_2_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_3_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">5 Secoli di Storia<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">La Vara nasce nel 1535, in occasione della visita a Messina dell'imperatore Carlo V d'Austria, reduce dalle vittorie di Tunisi e La Goletta contro il corsaro Barbarossa.<br \/>Il 19 settembre di quell'anno il Senato messinese decise di realizzare la \"machina della Vara\" per l'ingresso in citt\u00e0 del sovrano, atteso il 21 ottobre: per l'occasione, le figure che oggi rappresentano Cristo e l'Anima della Vergine Assunta furono sostituite, in omaggio all'imperatore, da Carlo V stesso e da una Vittoria alata con un ramo d'alloro.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Da allora la macchina \u00e8 tornata, quasi ogni anno, alla sua composizione originaria legata all'Assunzione di Maria, attraversando cinque secoli di storia cittadina. Fu ammirata da Don Giovanni d'Austria nel 1571, di ritorno dalla battaglia di Lepanto, e da generazioni di vicer\u00e9 e viaggiatori stranieri: tra questi, il pittore francese Jean Laurent Houel, che nel 1776 ne lasci\u00f2 una delle descrizioni pi\u00f9 dettagliate, e il capitano della Marina britannica William Henry Smyth, che nel 1824 la raccont\u00f2 in un suo volume illustrato da una pregevole incisione. Gi\u00e0 nel 1591 il giurista Giuseppe Carnevale la definiva, per altezza, grandezza e maestria costruttiva, tra le cose pi\u00f9 belle e sontuose al mondo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Lo speciale documentario del Comune di Messina<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A cura dell'Assessorato alla Cultura e Turismo<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_video_0 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TRA LE CORDE DELLA VARA. 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A cura dell'Assessorato al Turismo della Citt\u00e0 di Messina.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_contact_form_0 et_pb_contact_form_container clearfix et_pb_module et_flex_module\" data-form_unique_num=\"0\" data-form_unique_id=\"7067d836e5cc6b8d0df5f1ee01accc26\" id=\"et_pb_contact_form_7067d836e5cc6b8d0df5f1ee01accc26\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_contact_main_title\">Contattaci per ulteriori informazioni<\/h1><div class=\"et-pb-contact-message\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_contact\"><form class=\"et_pb_contact_form et_flex_module\" method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1461\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_contact_field_0 et_pb_contact_field et_pb_module et_flex_module et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_12_24_phone\" data-id=\"name\" data-type=\"input\"><label 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