Patron saint festival In 305 days
Feast of the Assumption
📅 Every year, on 15 August
On 15 August Caraglio celebrates Santa Maria Assunta, patron of the parish church, in the town that made a trade of silk, with its Filatoio Rosso.
Caraglio stands at the mouth of the Valle Grana, on the banks of the stream of the same name. The name first appears in a document of 984, when the marquis Manfredo gave Caraglio and Cervere to the brothers Alineo II and Anselmo degli Alinei; the castle on the hill is recorded from 1128, and until 1244 the town was subject to the marquises of Saluzzo.
In 1198 the people of Caraglio, ground down by their lord, revolted: the castle caught fire, the nobles were driven out or killed, and the inhabitants fled to the plateau of the abbot of Pedona, who took them in. They were about two hundred men with their families, and where they stopped stands Cuneo today. Later came silk, with four mills, and the garlic of Caraglio.
The Caraglio guide
What to see 4
Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio · chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta · santuario della Madonna del Castello and 1 more
Where to stay 24
24 places to stay · top rated: La Quiete 9.9 · Casa Scioli 9.4
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of the Assumption, Sunday 15 August
Getting there
Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 89 km away
Tours, tickets and experiences
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What to see in Caraglio
Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio The oldest silk mill still standing in Europe: built in two years, from 1676 to 1678. 
chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta Caraglio's parish church, which collapsed in 1754 and was rebuilt by the townspeople in shifts. 
santuario della Madonna del Castello A painted chapel found underground in 1810, which grew into the sanctuary of Caraglio. 
Villa Vacchetta An Art Nouveau villa of 1910 that the architect Vacchetta built to live in himself. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
Near Caraglio
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Caraglio, but an easy day trip away.
Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola 📍 Carpi · 11 km Jesuit church of 1670-1682 in Carpi, on a Greek-cross plan, with scagliola altars and the diocesan museum. Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Carpi · 11 km Carpi cathedral begun in 1514 to Peruzzi's design, reopened in 2017 after the 2012 earthquake. Chiesa di Santa Maria in Castello 📍 Carpi · 12 km Romanesque pieve of 1184, the oldest church in Carpi, with a Peruzzi façade and twelfth-century frescoes. Chiesa di San Bernardino da Siena 📍 Carpi · 12 km Patron church of Carpi, begun in 1604, with the reliquary bust of Saint Bernardino of Siena.