The current sanctuary, built starting in 1598, is a three-nave building, divided by two rows of monolithic columns made of local stone, with two side altars in addition to the main altar. Description: On the main altar, the rock on which the Virgin appeared is also displayed for the veneration of the faithful. Entered into use: in the year 1631 Relic: Other Description: A wooden group, carved, painted, and gilded, consisting of the Virgin standing upright, presenting the Child Jesus on the right, and two girls kneeling at her feet. Placed in the sanctuary in 1631, replacing a bas-relief depicting the Virgin, it was moved to the main altar, its current location, in 1742. Near this altar, the stone on which the Virgin appeared is also displayed for the veneration of the faithful. Entered into use: in the year 1631 Image: Statue Description: Bas-relief depicting the Virgin, replaced in 1631 by the wooden group of the Virgin Entered into use: between the year 1550 and the year 1600 Image: Other
Original location of the Sanctuary: Until the 1930s, hundreds of various types of ex-votos (wooden tablets, canvases, goldsmith objects, prostheses) were placed on the walls and hung from the vault of the building. Notes on the collection: In 1927, during a pastoral visit, Bishop Pagano ordered the ex-votos to be concentrated in the oratory of the confraternities; in 1931, Bishop Macchi had the objects removed, which remained disorderly on the walls due to the resistance of some faithful, and ordered to accept only silver hearts. Following this measure, a large part of the votive objects, attested between the 17th and 19th centuries, were lost. Typology of ex-votos: Painted tablets, Goldsmith objects, Real or represented prostheses Current preservation: Currently, some silver hearts and four 19th-century canvases (1838-1898), which escaped the dispersals of the early century, are displayed along the walls of the church. Reference to publications or printed descriptions: A description of the ex-votos preserved at the sanctuary in the second half of the 17th century is given by Macolino, Historia della Miracolosa Apparizione, 1686.
The first historians of Gallivaggio report, in addition to subsequent miraculous events, the detailed list of the first twenty-nine miracles performed by the Virgin: Chiaverini, Breve narratione delle prerogative, 1663; Chiaverini, Historia della miracolosa Apparitione, 1667; Macolino, Historia della Miracolosa Apparitione, 1686.
The origin of the sanctuary is linked to the apparition of the Madonna, which occurred on the morning of October 10, 1492, to two young girls who were gathering chestnuts in the San Giacomo Valley, Gallivaggio locality. After inquiring about the living conditions of the two girls, the Virgin Mary called for the conversion of sinners and pointed to some recent events (a comet that appeared the previous year, an earthquake, a violent storm that hit the Grisons) as signs of the imminent divine wrath, from which humanity would escape only through conversion. Finally, the Madonna emphasized the need to observe Sunday holidays starting from 3 PM on Saturday.
The oldest account of the apparition, probably dating back to the end of the 15th century and now lost, was transcribed by Gian Giacomo Macalino in the work on the sanctuary published in 1686 (Macalino, Historia della Miracolosa Apparitione, 1686)). Seventeenth-century copies of the same account are preserved in the historical archive of the Diocese of Como and in the Laurenzian Chapter Archive of Chiavenna (see entry Sources).
May 31, 1493: blessing of the first church built on the site of the apparition. / 1510: start of the expansion works of the church. / 1598: start of the construction works of the current church. / January 19, 1615: consecration of the church by the Bishop of Como Filippo Archinti: consecration of the main altar, in which the relics of Saint Lucia, Saint Juliana, Saints Eutychius and Provinus, and Saint Charles Borromeo were placed. / 1632: establishment of the Confraternity of the Rosary. / 1650: establishment of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. / 1688: establishment of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. / 1706: recognition of the sanctuary status, during the visit of the Bishop of Como Paolo Cernuschi. / May 10, 1765: authorization to celebrate masses inside the sanctuary. / 1936: inauguration of the Holy Stairs. / September 3, 1942: aggregation of the sanctuary to the Basilica of Santa Maria in Rome.
January 19, 1615: granting of an annual indulgence to visitors of the church on the anniversary of consecration.
Currently, the spiritual care of the sanctuary is entrusted to a religious of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Since the first attestation regarding spiritual care (1515), the sanctuary has been one of the seven vice-cures of Valle San Giacomo, administered by a rector elected by the faithful. Over the centuries, the rectors of Gallivaggio were mostly seculars originating from Valchiavenna, sometimes, especially in the 19th century, already holders of parishes in the area.
From the first attestation (1515) to the entire 18th century, the patronage over the sanctuary was exercised by the community dependent on the vice-cure of Gallivaggio.

9 Localita` Gallivaggio, San Giacomo Filippo, So 23020, 23020 San Giacomo Filippo SO, Italy