Loreto, Marche
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| Comune di Loreto | ||
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| Coordinates: 43°26′20″N 13°36′31″E / 43.43889°N 13.60861°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Marche | |
| Province | Ancona (AN) | |
| Frazioni | Costabianca, Grotte, Stazione, Villa Berghigna, Villa Costantina, Villa Musone, Villa Papa | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Paolo Niccoletti | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 17.69 km2 (6.83 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) | |
| Population (28 February 2009) | ||
| • Total | 12,278 | |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) | |
| Demonym | Loretani or Lauretani | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 60025 | |
| Dialing code | 071 | |
| Patron saint | Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |
| Saint day | December 10 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Loreto is a hilltown and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is most commonly known as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.
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Location [edit]
Loreto is located 127 m (416.67 ft) above sea-level on the right bank of the Musone river. It is 22 km by rail SSE of Ancona. Like many places in the Marche, it provides good views from the Apennines to the Adriatic.
Main sights [edit]
Loreto's main monuments occupy the four sides of the piazza: the college of the Jesuits, the Palazzo Comunale (formerly the Palazzo Apostolico), designed by Bramante, with an art gallery with works of Lorenzo Lotto, Vouet and Annibale Carracci as well as a collection of maiolica, and the Shrine of the Holy House (Santuario della Santa Casa).
The city has also a massive line of walls designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, which were erected from 1518 and reinforced in the 17th century.
Gallery [edit]
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The Basilica della santa casa from behind
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The Basilica della santa casa
Twin towns - sister cities [edit]
Mariazell, Austria
Fátima, Portugal[1]
Altötting, Germany[1]
Częstochowa, Poland[1]
Lourdes, France[1]
Nazareth, Israel[2][3]
Harissa,_Lebanon, Lebanon[4]
See also [edit]
- Shrine of the Holy House
- Shrines to the Virgin Mary
- Territorial prelature of Loreto
- Sisters of Loreto
References [edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Association of Towns awarded The Europe Prize". www.czestochowa.um.gov.pl. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ "Fraternitas 33 - eng.". www.ofm.org. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ "Nazareth and Loreto - Twin Shrines". www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ "Comune di Loreto - Loreto - Daroun Harissa - Accordo di gemellaggio". Comune.loreto.an.it. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
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