Loreto

Loreto is Italian for laurel-wood. It may refer to:

Places

Argentina

• Loreto, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
• Loreto, Misiones, village and municipality in Misiones Province, Argentina

Bolivia

• Loreto, Beni, Bolivia

Brazil

• Loreto (Maranhão), Brazil

Ecuador

• Loreto Canton, a canton in Orellana Province, Ecuador

Italy

• Loreto, Marche, Italy, home of the Basilica della Santa Casa after which the other shrines are named
• Loreto Aprutino, Pescara, Italy

Mexico

• Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
  • Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico
• Loreto, Zacatecas, Mexico

Peru

• Loreto Region, Peru
  • Loreto Province, Peru

Philippines

• Loreto, Agusan del Sur, Philippines
• Loreto, Dinagat Islands, Philippines

Switzerland

• Loreto, Switzerland, a district of Lugano, Switzerland

Other

• Loreto (Milan Metro), a subway station on the Line 1 of Milan Metro
• Nicolás del Campo (full name "Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del Campo, Marquis of Loreto", 1725–1803), sometimes referred to as "Viceroy Loreto"

People

• Loreto Carbonell (1933-2017), Filipino basketball player
• Loreto Cucchiarelli (born 1943), Italian former rugby union player now serving as a coach
• Loreto Di Franco (1578–1638), Roman Catholic prelate
• Loreto Garza (born 1962), former American boxer and light welterweight world champion
• Loreto Silva (born 1964), female Chilean deputy minister

See also

• Loreta, a pilgrimage destination in Prague
• Loreto College (disambiguation), list of schools named Loreto College or Loreto School
• Loreto Department
• Loreto Municipality (disambiguation)
• Loretto (disambiguation)
• Litany of Loreto
• Notre Dame de Lorette, the name of a ridge, basilica, and French national cemetery northwest of Arras at the village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
• Sisters of Loreto, a women's Catholic religious order founded by an Englishwoman, Mary Ward, in 1609
• Basilica della Santa Casa, Holy House of Loreto