Chapel: A building with a façade featuring a three-arched portico with Corinthian capitals.
In 1926, the chapel was dismantled and identically rebuilt in the center of the village on land donated by a certain Carlo Salvatori.
In 1960, the building underwent restoration.
(The relocation did not alter the architectural typology, as the structure was moved by numbering each individual piece.)
Description: A 16th-century image of the Madonna and Child. The venerated image is a reproduction preserved in a 1697 altarpiece. The original painting is kept in Carpi.
In use between the year – and 1697.
Image: Painting
Collection of ex-votos: No
The attestation is carved on the entrance pediment. The sanctuary originated from the cemetery chapel. The dedication to the Madonna del Carmine stems from the fact that the altarpiece and the image of the Madonna del Carmine, originally kept in the parish church, were transferred to the oratory, while the name Madonna della Croce (Madonna of the Cross) derives from a wooden cross several meters tall, erected at an unspecified time in the original church square and visible until 1927.
In 1926, the chapel was dismantled and identically rebuilt in the center of the village on land donated by a certain Carlo Salvatori (the building was moved piece by piece thanks to the numbering of each component). The decision was driven by the need for urban development in the area, which would have inevitably led to the demolition of the building. The initiative, carried out with the approval of the Superintendency of Fine Arts, received substantial financial support from the local population.
The date given for the establishment of the first parish corresponds to the oldest document preserved there. This small temple benefited from income derived from properties outside the village, including a plot of land in the municipality of S. Andrea Pelago and others in the municipalities of Rocca Pelago, Sassuolo, and Montecreto.
### BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following texts, already included in the bibliographic repertoire linked to the sanctuaries of the Diocese of Modena, provide references and useful bibliography for this research:
– **BOOK** – BALDELLI, FRANCA, *Gli archivi parrocchiali della provincia di Modena*, 1994. (The work examines all the parishes of the Diocese of Modena-Nonantola, briefly reconstructing their history and documentary heritage. Specifically: Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine: p. 281)
– **BOOK** – SILINGARDI, GIANCARLO, *Santuari Mariani Modenesi*, Modena 1979 (Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine: pp. 211–212)
– **BOOK** – MONTANARI, GIANCARLO, *Itinerari mariani*, Modena 1991. (The author examines some of the main oratories and sanctuaries dedicated to the Virgin in the Diocese of Modena-Nonantola, providing historical, artistic, and devotional information: Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine: II, 74–79)
– **ARTICLE IN MISCELLANY** – PEZZOLI, S., *Repertorio generale dei santuari in Emilia Romagna*, in *Arte e santuari in Emilia Romagna*, Cinisello Balsamo 1987 (Diocese of Modena: Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine: p. 203)
– **BOOK** – *L’Emilia Romagna paese per paese*, Florence 1987–1989, vol. VI. (A brief description of the content; this publication, arranged alphabetically, describes the geographical, economic, institutional, historical, and artistic aspects of the municipalities of Emilia-Romagna. It also covers artistic heritage and traditions related to each town, including places of worship. Diocese of Modena: Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine: IV, 99)
– **BOOK** – LONGAGNANI, MANICARDI, SCHIFANI CORFINI, *Le Case le Pietre le Storie. Itinerari nei comuni della provincia di Modena*, Modena 1980. (A brief description of the content: this guide, curated by the Province of Modena, reviews all the places to visit in each municipality. It also includes thematic itineraries, one of which is dedicated to sanctuaries. Oratory of the Madonna del Carmine: p. 239)
41046 Palagano MO, Italy
