Giarèda Festival

Religious festival in honour of the Blessed Ghiara Virgin, which takes place every year to celebrate the miracle of the healing of the deaf-mute Marchino. Historic market show, craft, nursery gardening, food and wine, vintage, meetings. In Piazza della Vittoria, Piazza Gioberti, Corso Garibaldi, Piazza Roversi, Via Ariosto, Largo degli Alpini. XXXXVI edition.
Giarèda Festival

September 5-8, 2025

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Handicrafts
Exhibitors and local producers will showcase local excellence and the authenticity of handmade craftsmanship. Master craftsmen will offer unique pieces, promoting artisanal expertise.

Food and wine
Local culinary excellence will offer the public a true tasting experience and highlight Reggio Emilia's gastronomic tradition as a lever for attracting and promoting the region.

Antique and vintage
Vintage objects and furnishings will enrich the cultural offering, strengthening the connection with local memory and identity.

Nursery gardening
A section dedicated to nursery gardeners specializing in ornamental and collectible plants will highlight greenery as a decorative, educational, and regenerative element.

Associationism
The local associations will highlight the sense of community and solidarity.

The historic market, shows and fun will take place in Piazza della Vittoria.

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The construction of the Basilica is linked to the miracle which occurred April 29, 1596 when the young Marchino, deaf and dumb from birth, was miraculously given the powers of speech and hearing while praying before an image of the Virgin Mary painted by Bertone. In that spot, on the left of the church, is a marble memorial.

The church's design is attributed to Architect, Alessandro Balbi from Ferrara; it was built by the local artist Francesco Pacchioni, who began construction in 1597.

A peculiarity of the Basilica is the extraordinary series of frescoes and altar pieces executed by the best XVII-century Emilian artists: Ludovico Carracci, Gianfrancesco Barbieri (The Guercino), Lionello Spada, Alessandro Tiarini, Carlo Bononi and Luca Ferrari.

The art guilds made valuable contributions: the stoup from the wool and silk craft guilds; the Municipality commissioned a work from Guercino which is held to be his masterpiece: the "Crucifixion of Christ with, at his feet, the Madonna and the Saints, Mary Magdalen, St. John and St. Prospero". Not to be missed: the room holding the holy vestments and fabrics from the XVI to the XIX century; the Ghiara's treasures are composed of relics, monstrances, chalices, highly valuable votive offerings. Finally, the museum in which, among the precious items on show, is Lelio Orsi's original design which inspired Bertone's fresco, and the crown donated by the Reggio Civic Committee to the Virgin Mary.

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