{"id":1466,"date":"2026-07-24T13:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/la-vara\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:11:04","slug":"la-vara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitme.comune.messina.it\/fr\/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 de Messine<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Une histoire de cinq si\u00e8cles<\/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\">Quand l'Assunta touche le ciel<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Chaque 15 ao\u00fbt, Messine s'arr\u00eate. Plus de mille porteurs pieds nus tra\u00eenent dans les rues du centre-ville une imposante machine votive de 13,50 m\u00e8tres de haut et pesant environ 8 tonnes : c'est la Vara, le c\u0153ur battant de la f\u00eate de l'Assomption et l'un des rites populaires les plus spectaculaires d'Europe. Ce n'est pas seulement une procession : c'est l'\u00e2me de la ville qui revient dans la rue, chaque ann\u00e9e, depuis pr\u00e8s de cinq si\u00e8cles.<\/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\">Comment Messine la vit<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Le 15 ao\u00fbt, Messine se remplit de p\u00e8lerins, de touristes et de Messinois revenus expr\u00e8s de l'ext\u00e9rieur de la ville. Le long de la Via Garibaldi, la foule accompagne le passage de la machine par des chants et des applaudissements, dans une atmosph\u00e8re m\u00ealant d\u00e9votion populaire et f\u00eate collective. C'est aussi le moment id\u00e9al pour d\u00e9couvrir les autres lieux embl\u00e9matiques de la ville, de la Cath\u00e9drale avec sa c\u00e9l\u00e8bre horloge astronomique \u00e0 la promenade le long du D\u00e9troit.<\/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\">Assistez \u00e0 la Procession<\/h4><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>Si vous souhaitez assister \u00e0 la Vara, nous vous conseillons d'arriver Via Garibaldi ou Piazza Duomo bien \u00e0 l'avance : l'affluence est tr\u00e8s \u00e9lev\u00e9e et plusieurs rues sont ferm\u00e9es \u00e0 la circulation. Profitez de la journ\u00e9e pour d\u00e9couvrir \u00e9galement le reste du centre historique et la c\u00f4te du D\u00e9troit de Messine.<\/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;\"><strong>5 Si\u00e8cles d'Histoire<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">La Vara voit le jour en 1535, \u00e0 l'occasion de la visite \u00e0 Messine de l'empereur Charles Quint d'Autriche, tout juste revenu de ses victoires \u00e0 Tunis et La Goulette contre le corsaire Barberousse.<br \/>Le 19 septembre de cette m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, le S\u00e9nat messinois d\u00e9cida de construire la \u00ab machina della Vara \u00bb pour l'entr\u00e9e du souverain dans la ville, attendu le 21 octobre : pour l'occasion, les figures qui repr\u00e9sentent aujourd'hui le Christ et l'\u00c2me de la Vierge Assunta furent remplac\u00e9es, en hommage \u00e0 l'empereur, par Charles Quint lui-m\u00eame et par une Victoire ail\u00e9e portant un rameau de laurier.<br \/>Depuis lors, la machine est revenue, presque chaque ann\u00e9e, \u00e0 sa composition originelle li\u00e9e \u00e0 l'Assomption de Marie, traversant cinq si\u00e8cles d'histoire de la ville. Elle fut admir\u00e9e par Don Juan d'Autriche en 1571, \u00e0 son retour de la bataille de L\u00e9pante, ainsi que par des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de vice-rois et de voyageurs \u00e9trangers : parmi eux, le peintre fran\u00e7ais Jean Laurent Houel, qui en 1776 en laissa l'une des descriptions les plus d\u00e9taill\u00e9es, et le capitaine de la marine britannique William Henry Smyth, qui en 1824 la raconta dans un ouvrage illustr\u00e9 d'une gravure de grande qualit\u00e9. D\u00e8s 1591, le juriste Giuseppe Carnevale la qualifiait, par sa hauteur, sa grandeur et sa ma\u00eetrise architecturale, parmi les choses les plus belles et les plus somptueuses au monde.<\/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;\">Le documentaire sp\u00e9cial de la Ville de Messine<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">R\u00e9alis\u00e9 par le Conseil de la Culture et du Tourisme<\/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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Une initiative du Service du Tourisme de la Ville de Messine.<\/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\">\u00c9crivez-nous pour pr\u00e9parer votre s\u00e9jour<\/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\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\">\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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