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Transport service

Phone

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).

Here are the maps of the 32 Municipalities of the local editorial staff of Reggio Emilia:

Altitude: 26 m
Inhabitants: 6.683 (updated to December 31^st, 2022)
Post code: 42042
Weekly market day: Thursday
Patron Saint: San Genesio (August 25)
Hamlets: Ponte Bisciolino, Rifugio, Quattro Formagge, Righetta, San Genesio

CONTACTS

0039 0522 751923 - Town Hall
0039 0522 751936
Town Hall of Fabbrico

How to get there

Fabbrico

By car
Leave the motorway at the Reggiolo-Rolo toll booth, then follow the directions to Fabbrico.

By train
From Reggio Emilia: regional train to Modena, then train to Verona.

By bus
From Reggio Emilia, Piazzale Europa: bus No. 43.

Location

It is an industrious and lively town, mixing an agricultural economy with quality vineyards and a mechanical economy (formerly Landini - tractors). It is located north of Correggio.

Historical notes

The area has been inhabited since pre-historic times. During the Middle Ages the focal point of population was concentrated around the emerging centre made up of the castle, the church, the parish church and court under the aegis of the powerful “della Palude” family. In 1306 it became part of the feudal lands of the Da Correggio family, remaining under their control until the XVII century.

Not to be missed

The Santa Maria Assunta parish church, with a brick façade, has a Baroque style interior with precious altar frontals in polychrome scagliola.
The nearby Palazzo Guidotti incorporates part the ancient castle that held the primitive settlement, the walls and the XV-century bastions. Several rooms of the (private) building are now used for receptions.

Entertainment

The Pedrazzoli Theatre is the centre of cultural life.

What to eat

The Fabbrico-based Compagnia del Nocino (Nut Liquor Society) is dedicated to keeping alive the recipe of this ancient liquor, prepared with an infusion of walnuts (husk), gathered on the evening of San Giovanni, June 24, in alcohol.

Events

Green Idea - Second weekend of April
Market fair dedicated to fruits, flowers, vegetables and seeds. Display of vintage agricultural equipment, and handmade vintage products.

Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 5 - 42042 Fabbrico
Phone 0039 0522 665110 / 665279

How to get there

See the indication to reach Fabbrico

Historical notes

The church appears with the title of Santa Maria Assunta di “Favrega,” dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption.
The same name was conserved for the second church of 1465 and for the third, the current one, of 1682-87. Both the first and second churches were situated at the centre of the ancient castle, where the chancel is now, according to ancient custom, and the façade was west-facing so that the priest could celebrate Mass facing eastward.
The second church was in Gothic style, while the current Baroque style of Santa Maria Assunta is from the 18th century, designed by the architect Girolamo Beltrami, a student of Vigarini.
The laying of the first stone dates to June 1682. Five years later, in 1687, the building was finished and inaugurated during the feast of San Genesio on 25th August.

The church has a single nave with three chapels on each side, pilasters or composite columns, paired, and a high trabeation with barrel vaults and with apse.
The chancel in engraved walnut was created by the Correggio artist Malaguzzi in 1725. The tabernacle is the work of Serafino Tencalla, and the marble holy-water stoup and small tables beside the main altar are by Giovanni Maria Folcatelli.
The frontals in scagliola of the various altars were created by priest Giovanni Massa from Modena (1660-1741), by Giovanni Pozzuoli and by others of the Carpi school, and are of particular artistic interest; the frontal of the main altar is admirable.
An eighteenth-century statue of the Madonna restored towards the end of the 20th century is situated in the old niche of the altar which in the past was called “Madonna del Castello,” as results from the frontal, at the centre of which an ancient castle serves as background to the figure of the Madonna.
In the apse, the painting of the Assumption of Mary dates to 1688 and is the work of painter Antonio Missoli from Ferrara, it is a copy of the Assumption by Caracci conserved in the Gallery in Dresda.
The painting of the Boy Jesus with San Giuseppe and San Francesco di Paola is the work of Correggio artist Girolamo Donnini (1681-1743), created in 1735 for the Rubini family of Fabbrico.
The painting of the first altar on the right facing the presbytery represents the apostle St. Bartholomew (Modenese school of the 17th century).
At the altar of the Santissimo, one can admire the painting depicting Mary Magdalene at the foot of the Cross, a work by Modenese painter Sigismondo Caula (17th century).
At the back on the left, a painting by Francesco Stringa (1635-1709) depicts the saints Girolamo and Antonio Abate.

Useful link

Holy mess times

Via San Genesio - 42042 Fabbrico
0039 0522 665110 - Parish church of Fabbrico

How to get there

Fabbrico

By car
Leave the motorway at the Reggiolo-Rolo toll booth.
follow the directions for Fabbrico

By train
From Reggio Emilia, regional train to Modena and then the train to Verona

By bus
From Piazzale Europa-Reggio Emilia, bus No. 43

Historical notes

The façade of the building, delimited by pilaster strips, has a rectangular shape elongated with a protruding base. At the centre of the façade, the moderately sized door is framed by an eighteenth-century portal in relief, above which there is a trapezoidal window tapered toward the upper part.
The right side of the church has a trapezoidal window similar to the one on the façade.
Set against the left side of the church is a small architectural body that serves as the sacristy. From the left side, a small architectural element is visible above the roof which originally functioned as the bell tower.
The interior of the church has a rectangular plan and a single nave with vaulted ceiling. The nave is marked by pilasters that subdivide it into three symmetrical spaces and have the function to support the weight.
At the centre of the apse wall is a painted false altar, decorated in the upper part with festoons and floral motifs. Another festoon frames a niche, at the centre of which is a polychromatic plastered wooden statue depicting San Genesio.
Also of interest is the altar-frontal in scagliola, with a black background, framed by an inlaid frieze.
At the centre is a medallion depicting St. Peter within a natural landscape context.
An eighteenth-century wooden tabernacle decorated with floral motifs is situated above the altar table.
The side walls hold tombstones and tiles in terracotta or stone.

All that remains of the religious functions at the oratory of San Genesio is the mass celebrated here each year on 25th August on authorisation from the current owners of the church.

Indirizzo e contatti

Orari

The Castle is private property and is visitable only upon arrangement with

How to get there

This residence was bestowed upon the Guidotti family (merchants and important silk manufacturers) by the House of Este in 1676. It incorporates part of the ancient castle of Matilda, Countess of Canossa (Castellum de Farvige cum plebe – from a document belonging to Federico Barbarossa, 1160).

Compagnia del Nocino - Fabbrico

Ingredients

1 litre of alcohol at 95°
1.4 kg of green nuts
800 g of refined sugar
1 cm of cinnamon
3 cloves

Preparation

Gather the green nuts on St. John's Night (June 24). Wash the nuts in running water and cut them in 4 parts. Put in infusion all the ingredients in an airtight-locking pot (5l capacity), expose it to the light for at least 90 days, mix it up some time. Filter the product obtained and bottle. It is recommended to taste it after 3-month aging.

How to get there:
From the Motorway:
1. A22 Brennero Motorway, Rolo-Reggiolo exit
2. A1 “del sole” Motorway, at Modena Nord, take the connection with the A22 Brennero Motorway, and then the Rolo-Reggiolo exit.
Train: Verona-Modena line, the Rolo-Novi-Fabbrico station