Grandezze & Meraviglie is set up as the longest-running Festival of early music of the Emilia-Romagna region and it is recognized in Italy as one of the most innovative and articulated Festival of its kind and, internationally, as one of the festivals expressly addressed to the early music (from the Middle Ages to the early nineteenth century) proposed with instruments and executive practices of the time. Grandezze & Meraviglie continues with the mission of spreading the early and baroque musical repertoires of Modena, Italian and European. Following past editions, the Festival insists in the ex estensi territories (Modena, Vignola, Sassuolo, Villa Sorra, Zocca, Ferrara), with a multiplicity of events and planned activities that realize the interdisciplinary approach of the festival: through music entrusted to complexes of sought authoritativeness, it aims to enhance the places and the historical-artistic buildings of Modena where the concerts and cultural heritage on which the festival is based are held. Since the first edition, Grandezze & Meraviglie spreads awareness of the historical-cultural stratification of the genius loci, collaborating with the main cultural institutions of the territory, with a cultural perspective, but also with a recreational, creative and productive development. After the first two editions (1998-1999) edited by the Municipality of Modena, the Festival has been organized since 2000 by the Estense Music Association and promoted by local authorities and banking foundations since its beginnings, boasting collaborations with the main cultural music institutions at national and international level. Grandezze & Meraviglie has an active role within the R.E.M.A. (Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne - European Early Music Network).