page_title: Macchina di Santa Rosa
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Macchina di Santa Rosa / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: The Tower "La Macchina". Deutsch: Der Turm, genannt "La Macchina", der am 3. September jeden Jahres zu Ehren der heiligen Rosa durch die Straßen Viterbos getragen wird.
context_page_description: The Macchina of Santa Rosa is a 30-metre-high tower, which is rebuilt about every 5 years, in honor of Saint Rose of Viterbo, the patron saint of the city of Viterbo, Italy. Every year on the evening of 3 September 100 men called "Facchini di Santa Rosa" hoist the Macchina - weighing about 11,000 pounds - and carry it through the very narrow streets and squares of the medieval town centre. The whole route is a little bit more than 1 km.
  The procession is an important event in Viterbo and attracts thousands of people. Today, the procession is included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
context_section_description: The transport of the Macchina of Santa Rosa is the annual main event of the city of Viterbo.
  Already at the afternoon the streets of the historical centre are being filled with citizens and visitors.
  The transport begins at the Porta Romana, where the assembled Macchina stays in a scaffold, which is covered with curtains.
  At around 8 pm the 800 candles of the Macchina are lighted by the local fire brigade.
  The street lighting will be switched off completely.
  During the transport there are five breaks. During these breaks the Macchina is put on special frames. The stopping places are:
  Piazza Fontana Grande
  Piazza del Plebiscito (in front of the guildhall)
  Piazza delle Erbe
  Corso Italia (in front of the church Santa Maria del Suffragio)
  Piazza del Teatro.
  The last stretch up to the church of Santa Rosa has a remarkable inclination. In order to overcome this slope, the Macchina is pulled by ropes and additional people and is eventually placed in front of the pilgrimage chapel. The Macchina is exposed there for some days after the event.
caption: Fiore del Cielo on 5 September 2009
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