Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Parco Culturale al Centro del Mediterraneo. La Tradizione della Varia di Palmi, Patrimonio Unesco, e l’Innovazione della Biennale dello Stretto.

Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, Cultural Park in the Center of the Mediterranean Sea. The Tradition of the Varia di Palmi, Unesco World Heritage Site, and the Innovation of the Biennale dello Stretto.

The Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria is a cultural park in the center of the
Mediterranean sea. It recovers traditions and opens new cultural perspectives. It is aconnection between ancient and contemporary, it is a core of excellence, it is the scene of International events. The Varia di Palmi Is part of the Network of large Italian shoulder machines, included in the UNESCO oral and intangible heritage of humanity. It is a religious festival that has been handed down from generation to generation since the end of the 16th century and represents the intangible heritage of the traditions of the territory.
The Festività Mariane in Reggio Calabria are another example of religious festival deeply
felt. The recent Biennale dello Stretto is a biennial cultural event that animates the area
with exhibitions of art, architecture, photography, debates. It is going to become a
permanent laboratory to developing projects for the revitalization of the Mediterranean sea
and to affirm the centrality of southern Italy in an international global context. It is focused
on ideas for the future and innovation.