Varese sacra e universitaria: dinamiche storico-trasformative tra arte, architettura, turismo e urbanistica

The essay intends to analyze aspects, dynamics and perspectives inherent to the dialectics of the present vocation of Varese as a university city, both with respect to the previous transformative phases of the city (religious center, following the foundation of the Sacro Monte, a place of noble holiday resort in the 18th–early 20th, provincial capital since 1927), and to future prospects, in particular connected to the redevelopment of the Rectorate area as an urban cultural centre.