Timetable of extra-urban routes
Transport service
840 000 216 - Contact Center Seta (Monday-Saturday from 07:00 a.m. to 07:00 p.m.; Sunday from 09:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m., closed on weekday holidays)
840 151 152 - Railway Call Center
Tickets can also be purchased in the tobacconist shops (tabaccheria).
Urban bus
Every day from Monday to Saturday 07:00 a.m. - 02:00 p.m.
It is also possible to buy the ticket directly aboard, at the price of € 2.00.
840 000 216 - Call Center Seta
infore@setaweb.it
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Every day 24h/24h with prior reservation of at least 2 hours
info@giavauto.com Monday - Friday: 08:00 - 12:30 a.m. / 03:00 - 06:30 p.m.
Saturday: 08:00 - 12:30 a.m.
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Piazza Carducci, 7 - 42015 Correggio, RE +39 393 8299711
iltaxicorreggio@gmail.com
Old town - Piazzale Carducci
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Here are the maps of the 32 Municipalities of the local editorial staff of Reggio Emilia:
Reggio nell'Emilia
Albinea
Bagnolo in Piano
Bibbiano
Boretto
Brescello
Cadelbosco Sopra
Campagnola Emilia
Campegine
Casalgrande
Castellarano
Castelnovo Sotto
Cavriago
Correggio
Fabbrico
Gattatico
Gualtieri
Guastalla
Luzzara
Montecchio Emilia
Novellara
Poviglio
Quattro Castella
Reggiolo
Rio Saliceto
Rolo
Rubiera
San Martino in Rio
San Polo d'Enza
Sant'Ilario d'Enza
Scandiano
Vezzano sul Crostolo
Altitude: 31 m
Inhabitants: 25.177 (updated to December 31st, 2022)
Post code: 42015
Weekly market day: Wednesday
Patron Saint: San Quirino (June 4)
Hamlets: Budrio, Canolo, Fazzano, Fosdondo, Lemizzone, Mandrio, Mandriolo, Prato, San Biagio, San Martino Piccolo, San Prospero.
0039 0522 630711 - Town Hall
Town Hall of Correggio
By car
Driving along the A22 Modena-Brennero motorway, exiting at the Carpi tollbooth and following the road signs to Correggio (then following the main road 468 to the south);
From A1 Milan-Bologna motorway, Reggio Emilia exit: follow the road signs to Carpi-Correggio (main road 468 to the north).
By train
The closest railway stations to Correggio are Reggio Emilia (about 20 km) and Carpi (about 7 km).
By bus
From Reggio Emilia, Piazzale Europa: bus No. 43 or No. 82.
Correggio is the most important town after the administrative centre, Reggio Emilia, and is located about 20 km north of it.
Already inhabited in Roman and Longobard times, since the XI century the town has been a feudal land of the family from which it takes its name: the Da Correggio family, which competed with the Visconti and Este families between the XIV and XV centuries, also becoming lords of Parma for a short time. The Da Correggio family, after the original feudal grant, got Correggio recognized as a county in 1452 and a town in 1599. Their court attracted poets and intellectuals, such as Ariosto, the Bembo, Aretino, all guests of the counts. The Court of Correggio was very well-known in the Po River Valley at that time and reached its peak with Nicolò Da Correggio (1450-1508), Veronica Gambara (1485-1550) and the painter Antonio Allegri (1489/1494-1534), called "The Correggio". In 1616 Correggio was elevated to the rank of principality. In 1630 Siro, Prince of Correggio, lost his feudal rights to tht, then seized by the Duke of Modena.
Important characters born in Correggio include, among others, the painter Antonio Allegri, the musician Bonifazio Asioli (1769-1832), the sculptress Carmela Adani (1899-1965), the marathon runner Dorando Pietri (1885-1942), the writer Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955-1991), the flautist Andrea Griminelli (December 13, 1959) and the rocker Luciano Ligabue (March 13, 1960).
The porticoed streets and the evocative views reveal the historical role of the town. Worth seeing in the well-preserved historical centre, which contains the districts of Castelvecchio, Borgovecchio and Borgonuovo, are the Correggio Civic Museum containing the masterpiece by Andrea Mantegna, “The Redeemer”, and the cycle of superb tapestries from the Brussels school, the San Quirino Church (XVI century), the monument to Correggio, the Civic Tower, the San Francesco Church, the Fortress (with remains of the Medieval walls), the Correggio Art Home, documentation centre on Antonio Allegri, Palazzo Cattini (or Clock Palace) and the neoclassical Asioli Theatre, still active.
The Palazzo dei Principi, with its refined Renaissance architecture and Ferrara style, in which the work of Biagio Rossetti is visible, is also worth a visit. It also hosts the municipal library, with precious incunabula and editions from the XVI to XVIII centuries.
The town’s cultural life is focused on the Asioli Theatre seasons, the Correggio Art Home, the Giorgio Einaudi Municipal Library, which also hosts the Pier Vittorio Tondelli Documentation Centre.
The Correggio Scarpasot is a savoury pie that obtained the DeCo mark (denomination of municipal origin) in 2012. It differs from the Erbazzone Reggiano because it is made without pastry (either puff or brisé pastry), which makes it even tastier.
San Giuseppe Festival-Correggio in Flower - Third weekend of March
Local market with stalls and exhibition of typical gastronomic and craft products.
San Quirino Festival - First weekend of June
Art, exhibitions, performance, food and wine, sport, local market with stalls and exhibition of typical gastronomic and craft products.
San Luca Festival - Third weekend of October
Local market with stalls and exhibition of typical gastronomic and craft products.
Corso Cavour, 7 - 42015 Correggio 0039 0522 691806
museo@comune.correggio.re.it
Museo Civico Il Correggio
Opening hours until 06/30/2024 to 09/02/2024
Monday
3pm - 6pm by reservation
Tuesday
10am - 12.30pm by reservation / 3.30pm - 6.30pm by reservation
Thursday
10am - 12.30pm by reservation / 3.30pm - 6.30pm by reservation
Friday
10am - 12.30pm by reservation
Saturday
3.30pm - 6.30pm
Sundays and holidays
10am - 12.30pm / 3.30pm - 6.30pm
Opening hours from 01/07/2024 to 31/07/2024
Tuesday
10am - 12.30pm by reservation / 3.30pm - 6.30pm by reservation
Wednesday
10am - 12.30pm by reservation
Thursday
10am - 12.30pm by reservation / 3.30pm - 6.30pm by reservation
Friday
10am - 12.30pm by reservation
Saturday
4pm - 7pm
Sunday
10am - 12.30pm / 4pm - 7pm
From MONDAY to FRIDAY, RESERVATION is required by telephone or email.
However, reservations are NOT necessary on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Summer break
The “Il Correggio” Museum will be CLOSED for the SUMMER BREAK from 01/08 to 01/09/2024.
Activities will resume at the usual time starting from Monday 02/09/2024.
For information and reservations:
Tel: +39 0522691806 – Cell: +39 331 4006441
E-mail: museo@comune.correggio.re.it
Free entrance
By car
Take the the A22 Modena-Brennero motorway, exiting at the Carpi tollbooth and follow the directions for Correggio (then following the SS468 towards the south). Take the A1 Milan-Bologna motorway, exit at the Reggio Emilia tollbooth and follow the signs to Carpi-Correggio (take the SS468, north direction).
By train
The closest railway station to Correggio are Reggio Emilia (about 20 km) and Carpi (about 7 km).
By bus
From Reggio Emilia, Piazzale Europa: bus No. 43 and No. 82.
The museum is located inside Palazzo dei Principi and houses, among other things, works by the painters Mantegna and Correggio.
The museum displays archaeological items from the Correggio area, coins from the Correggio mint and artworks from the town and surrounding area, including valuable paintings by Andrea Mantegna, Girolamo Donnini, Mattia Preti, Baldassarre Aloisi (known as Galanino), Francesco Madonnina, Mauro Soderini, Luigi Asioli, Adeodato Malatesta, and Vincenzo Vela.
On the first floor, there are five halls divided as follows:
- Hall of archaeological exhibits and coin and medal collections, displaying some of the most significant items from the pre-Roman, Roman, Medieval and Renaissance periods found in the Correggio area.
Also on display are a number of 16th- and 17th-century coins from the Correggio mint and medals connected with historically prominent citizens of the town.
- Mantegna Hall: also known as the Grand Hall or “Camio Hall”. It has a magnificent coffered ceiling over a frescoed frieze, and a superb fireplace. The hall contains numerous artworks, including “The Redeemer” painted by Andrea Mantegna in 1493, “Our Lady of the Rosary” by Francesco Madonnina, and a small wooden altar and a painting of “Christ being taken down from the Cross” both from the XV century.
- Tapestry Hall: contains a set of nine large XVI-century tapestries and two candelabra of Flemish manufacture.
- XVII- and XVIII-century Gallery
- Hall of the painter Correggio: a number of engravings based on works by Correggio are exhibited on rotation. Works connected with Antonio Allegri and his work are also on display in this hall.
On the second floor, the following rooms can be visited by organized groups, subject to prior booking arrangements:
- Hall of the XIX-century paintings and sculptures
- Portrait Gallery
- Hall of the Capriate
- Hall of the archives
Quality Museum - acknowledgement given by Regione Emilia Romagna – Institute of Culture "IBC".
Corso Cavour, 5 - 42015 Correggio
Phone 0039 0522 6317705 - Tourist information Office
See the indication to reach Correggio
The façade, created at the end of the 18th century, assumed its present appearance (in Classical style) about 1964 on the design of Carmela Adani. The interior is of considerable architectural interest, having three naves with twelve side chapels and three at the heads of the naves. The presbytery is raised to make room for a large underlying crypt, restored by Adani. The furnishings are notable, in terms of the works of art as well as the altars, vestments, and decorations. One can admire a painting by Domenico Fetti (St. Martin‘s Vision, third altar on the right), and paintings, frescoes, and sculptures by local artists (Girolamo Donnini, Luigi Asioli, Emilio Meulli, Enrico Bertolini, Carmela Adani, etc.). Wooden altar-pieces, rich stuccowork, altar-frontals in polychromatic scagliola, works in terracotta, wax modelling, and papier-maché complete the furnishings of the Basilica. The sacristy holds antique furniture and, in particular, a fine treasury including an exquisite jewel-case made by the workshop of the Embriachi family (15th century, on deposit at the Civic Museum of Correggio). The lid of the wooden case is decorated with bone inlays and three sides are decorated with a series of figurative pilasters also in bone.
Piazzetta delle Suore (centro storico) - 42015 Correggio
Phone 0039 0522 692325 - Capuchine Clarissan Convent
See the indication to reach Correggio
Built in 1666 in Borrominian style by the Confraternity of the Holy Trinity, the church today is the site (with adjacent convent) of the Capuchin Clarisse nuns. The oval-shaped interior is rich in statues and Baroque decorations. In 1740, the goods and the church of the Confraternity were expropriated by the Sisters of Santa Chiara who resided in the adjacent convent. The building was restored in the latter part of the 20th century. The façade, very simple and unadorned, has a pleasant curved face and tympanum crowning. The interior has a central plan with trabeation supported by paired columns and ionic capitals decorated with festoons. The upper part has niches with statues of Saints Augustine, Jerome, Gregory, and Ambrose. The church has a small, deep apse with barrel vaulted ceiling and two side altars. Behind the high altar, separated by a grate, the convent part begins. The most important restoration works were carried out in 1764, including all the stuccowork decoration after the 1996 earthquake.
Via Santa Maria - 42015 Correggio
Phone 0039 0522 693296 - Municipality of Correggio
Follow the road signs to reach Correggio.
The origin of this church, one of the oldest buildings in the Borgovecchio district, is linked to the activity of the Confraternity of the Verberati of Santa Maria della Misericordia, already present in Correggio in 1316. The current configuration of the building is the result of successive works: from the mid-XVIII century, the front facing onto Via Santa Maria with arched portico on columns and doric pilaster strips; from the mid-XIX century the side on Via Borgovecchio in neo-Gothic style with pilaster strips and oval two-light mullioned windows. In the interior, very simple and spare, were important paintings by Antonio Allegri (the Correggio). The suppression of the confraternity dates back to 1782. The church became a storage and market for firewood until 1796, when it was reopened for worship.
After the suppression of the confraternity, the building was almost entirely abandoned until the recent restoration works. The façade of the church, facing onto Via Santa Maria, is preceded by a porticoed part with four pilasters and round arches in exposed brick. Under the portico, with cross-vault, the entrance is preceded by a polychromatic wooden portal dating back to the XVIII century. The right side of the church is marked by pilaster strips and oval two-light mullioned windows. The small bell tower that can be seen on the side was built in 1833.
The church is no longer used for worship and is not accessible to visitors.
Viale della Repubblica - 42015 Correggio
Phone 0039 0522 631770 - UIT Correggio
The church is open only on the occasion of guided tour previously arranged. On sunday the Holy mess is celebrated at 08:30 a.m.
See the indication to reach Correggio
Located near the historic center of Correggio, just beyond the sixteenth-century walls, it was erected in the current configuration and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of the Rose only in 1600.
]]>Via Roma - 42015 Correggio
Phone 0039 0522 693296 / 691806 - Municipality
Visitable upon previous phone arrangement only
See the indication to reach Correggio
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Via Bernieri - 42015 Correggio
Phone 0039 0522/631770 - Tourist information office
The church is currently closed for restoration works
See the indication to reach Correggio
The exterior of the church has a number of elements of considerable artistic interest, especially the two-tier façade with columns and niches.
The church’s bell tower stands to the west, tiled with “cotto” tiles. Its pinnacle was partially damaged in an earthquake in 1832.
As confirmed by a map of the town painted in oils in 1630, the church’s architectural appearance at that date was much the same as it is today.
This important spiritual centre, originally dedicated to St Domenico was re-dedicated to San Giuseppe Calasanzio (St Joseph Calasanctius) in 1783, following the abolition of the convent and the opening of the Piarist boarding school.
The façade has a two-tier design with columns and niches, surmounted by a large triangular pediment with two spiral pillars recalling renaissance compositional styles.
The floor plan is typical of the late mannerist style, consisting of a single nave with five chapels for each of the two sides, a short transept and a deep apse.
The interior is ornamented by altars in stucco, marble and fine plaster, preserving historical memories and a variety of interesting paintings ranging in date from the 15th to the 19th century.
The Church’s structure was further damaged as a result of the 1996 earthquake.
The original church was built in the 11th century and substantially modified in the 16th and 17th centuries. Its architectural style is Tuscan, adopting a basilica plan with a nave and two aisles. The inlaid wooden choir stalls behind the main altar are the work of the Brindani cabinet makers of Montecchio Emilia.
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It can be visited by appointment, by telephoning the Municipality from Monday to Friday from 09:00 a.m. to 01:00 p.m.
Correggio
By car
Driving along the A22 Modena-Brennero motorway, exiting at the Carpi tollbooth and following the directions for Correggio (then following the SS468 towards the south);
using the A1 Milan - Bologna motorway, exiting at the Reggio Emilia tollbooth and following the signs for Carpi-Correggio (taking the SS468 in a northerly direction).
By train
The closer railway station to Correggio are Reggio Emilia (about 20 km) and Carpi (about 7 Km)
By bus
From Piazzale Europa - Reggio Emilia, bus n. 43 or 82
While the façade is the result of twentieth-century restoration works, the interior still reveals an eighteenth-century layout, starting from the broad state staircase leading to first floor. The atrium, the staircase walls and the upper passage hold various memorial tablets, coats-of-arms of noble families of Correggio and of the Municipality, and samples of the materials and measurements used in the principality. Of particular interest is the bust of Giuseppe Garibaldi by Vincenzo Vela. The names of the most illustrious citizens of past centuries are also inscribed on walls of atrium.
Town Council hall and other adjacent rooms conserve nineteenth-century frescoes and decorations by local painters Luigi Asioli and Andrea Capretti (1821-1870). The vault of the central room, also frescoed by Capretti, shows a number of scenes of the town.
At the end of the corridor on the first floor, a clock is built into a painted architectural frame. The Palace, with undulating façade, is divided into two parts by Via del Correggio. The most interesting part is that on the left, which has two entrance doors under the porticoes. The part on the right leads to the former Church of the Confraternity of St. Joseph Patriarch, erected in 1503 for charity purposes, now the site of municipal offices.
Since December 2000, a permanent exhibit is set up in municipal rooms dedicated to local painter Giovanetti, currently showing fifteen works.The current structure is the result of various joinings of pre-existing buildings. The oldest part is the one at the left.