It begins on Thursday 8 December with the complicity of the Christmas atmosphere and continues until June 2023 with a scheduling of visits and accompanied itineraries to discover the cultural and landscape heritage of the Garden City.

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More than 30 itineraries are offered free of charge to citizens and visitors who, accompanied by qualified guides, historians, experts and operators, can discover lesser-known corners, glimpses and jewels of the Garden City.

Six stages to explore and learn about the historical, artistic and cultural heritage of the city of Varese:

• Palazzo Estense 

LIGHT ON VARESE

December 2022: Thursday 8 - Friday 23 - Thursday 29

January 2023: Friday 6 - Monday 16

Hours: 6.30pm | 19.30 | 20.30

Participants per round: 15 free access with mandatory booking on www.eventbrite.it

Duration of the itinerary: 1 hour guided tours of the interior of the building to promote a place which, during the Christmas period, will be illuminated through the art of light by the cultural association IMMAGINA ARTE CULTURA EVENTI, in collaboration with the Municipality of Varese

INVITATION TO THE PALACE

December 2022: Wednesday 14 - Wednesday 21

January 2023: Monday 2 - Wednesday 4 - Wednesday 11

February and March 2023: Sunday 5 April 2023: Sunday 2 - Sunday 30

May 2023: Sunday 28

Times: December and January from 18.30 to 21.30 | from February to May from 15.00 to 18.00, free access

Duration of the audiovisual itinerary in stages: 30 minutes Extraordinary opening of the building to allow the public an independent visit to the civic and cultural spaces of the Municipality of Varese

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• Sacro Monte

 

LIBERTY PILLS

December 2022: Saturday 10 and 17 - Sunday 11 and 18 - Wednesday 28

Hours: 15.00 | 4.30 pm at the Moses fountain, Santa Maria del Monte

Participants per shift: 25 free initiatives with compulsory booking on www.eventbrite.it

Route duration: 1 hour and a half, guided tours of the village of Santa Maria del Monte to promote the cultural and landscape heritage of the Sacro Monte di Varese, magically enveloped in the Christmas atmosphere by the cultural association IMMAGINA ARTE CULTURA EVENTI, in collaboration with Municipality of Varese

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• Civic library

THE SECRET LIBRARY

January 2023: Saturday 14 - Saturday 21

February 2023: Saturday 18 Saturday 25

March 2023: Saturday 18

April 2023: Saturday 15

Hours: 14.00 | 15.30 | 17:00 via Sacco, 9

Participants per shift: 10 Free Initiatives with mandatory booking on www.eventbrite.it

Path duration: 1 hour accompanied tours to discover the spaces and services of the Civic Library, through the Morselli Fund, the methods for lending books and the most hidden part of the deposit that preserves the historical funds of the book heritage

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• Municipal Historical Archive

 ANECDOTES IN THE ARCHIVE

January 2023: Thursday 26 April 2023: Friday 21

Hours: 09.30 | 11.00 viale XXV Aprile, 28

Participants per shift: 10, Free initiatives with mandatory booking on www.eventbrite.it

Path duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes. Extraordinary opening of the Municipal Historical Archive to explore the history and stories of the city of Varese a journey inside the spaces to get to know the place, its functioning and to listen to the story of a document from the historical fund the two appointments are dedicated to Remembrance Day and April 25 celebrations

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• Historic center and surroundings

GOODIES IN THE CITY

Sunday 22 January 2023 I 11.00 am and 3.00 pm The buildings tell the story of Varese between the two wars piazzale Libertà, 1 - Police Headquarters of Varese

Sunday 29 January 2023 I 3.00 pm and 4.30 pm The sacred inside and outside the churches piazza San Vittore

Sunday 12 February 2023 I 3.00 pm and 4.30 pm Bizzozero: a small church, great masterpieces via Portorose - locality Bizzozero

Sunday 26 February 2023 at 3.00 pm at 4.30 pm via Case Nuove - locality Velate - P Velate medieval cemetery: the tower and the church In the heart of Velate the streets and squares

Sunday 12 March 2023 I 3.00 pm and 4.30 pm Toeplitz Park: fantasy of colored geometries via G. B. Vico, 46 ​​- locality Sant'Ambrogio

Monday 08 May 2023 I 3.00 pm and 4.30 pm From courtyard to courtyard in the old Varese piazza Monte Grappa - civic tower

Friday 2 June 2023 I 3.00 pm and 4.30 pm The eighteenth century between reality and artifice via Sacco, 5 - portico Palazzo Estense

Participants per shift: 25, free initiatives with mandatory booking on www.eventbrite.it

Duration of the itinerary: 1 hour and a half guided tours to promote the cultural and landscape heritage of the ancient village of the city of Varese by the cultural association IMMAGINA ARTE CULTURA EVENTI, in collaboration with the Municipality of Varese

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• Monumental Cemetery of Giubiano

​​​​​​​ MEMORIES OF THE MONUMENTAL CEMETERY

June 2023: Sunday 4 11.00 | 12.00 via Maspero, 18

Participants per round: 20, free initiatives with compulsory booking on www.eventbrite.it d

Path duration: 1 hour. An accompanied tour of the Monumental Cemetery of Giubiano between Liberty and illustrious characters, which aims to broaden the knowledge of the rich monumental heritage of the historic cemetery, "place of memory" and open-air museum for the presence of numerous works of art thanks to which it is possible to reconstruct the history of the city the itinerary focuses on the Liberty style, widespread in Varese in tourist residential construction, but also in factories and funeral aedicules, which testify to the prosperity and prestige the city enjoyed, with hints at the life and to the works of prominent personalities including those of the Macchi, Bianchi and Poretti families

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