Loreto, Marche
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Loreto
| official_name = Comune di Loreto
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| image_skyline = Loreto250706.JPG
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| image_caption = Piazza della Madonna with façade of the Basilica della Santa Casa
| image_shield = Loreto-Stemma.svg
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| coordinates = {{coord|43|26|20|N|13|36|31|E|display=inline}}
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| region = Marche
| province = Ancona (AN)
| frazioni = Costabianca, Grotte, Stazione, Villa Berghigna, Villa Costantina, Villa Musone, Villa Papa
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| mayor = Moreno Pieroni
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| area_total_km2 = 17.69
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 13070
| population_as_of = 31 August 2024
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| population_demonym = Loretani or Lauretani
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 127
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| saint = Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
| day = 8 September
| postal_code = 60025
| area_code = 071
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.loreto.an.it}}
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Loreto ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|ˈ|r|ɛ|t|oʊ}} {{respell|lə|RET|oh}},{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Loreto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302230125/https://www.lexico.com/definition/loreto |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-02 |title=Loreto |dictionary=Lexico UK English Dictionary |publisher=Oxford University Press}} {{IPAc-en|usalso|l|ə|ˈ|r|eɪ|t|oʊ}} {{respell|lə|RAY|toh}},{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Loreto |access-date=11 October 2019}} {{IPA|it|loˈreːto|lang}}) is a hill town and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche region. It is most commonly known as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.
Location
Loreto is located {{convert|127|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above sea level on the right bank of the Musone river and {{convert|22|km|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} by rail south-southeast of Ancona; like many places in the Marche, it provides good views from the Apennines to the Adriatic.
Main sights
The city'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, that houses 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). It also boasts a massive line of walls, designed by the architect (and military engineer) Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, which were erected from 1518 and reinforced in the 17th century.
Gallery
File:Santuario di Loreto 062 3A.jpg|The Basilica della Santa Casa from behind
File:Ancona loreto.jpg|The Basilica della Santa Casa
Twin towns and sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}
Loreto is twinned with:{{cite web |url=http://www.czestochowa.um.gov.pl/europeprize/altotting.htm |title=Association of Towns awarded The Europe Prize |publisher=www.czestochowa.um.gov.pl |access-date=2009-10-10}}
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Mariazell, Austria
- {{flagicon|POR}} Fátima, Portugal
- {{flagicon|GER}} Altötting, Germany
- {{flagicon|POL}} Częstochowa, Poland
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Lourdes, France
- {{flagicon|ISR}} Nazareth, Israel{{cite web |url=http://www.ofm.org/3/frat/FRAeng33.html |title=Fraternitas 33 – eng. |publisher=www.ofm.org |access-date=2009-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193431/http://www.ofm.org/3/frat/FRAeng33.html |archive-date=2016-03-03}}{{cite web |url=http://www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/faith/ourheritage/nazareth.html |title=Nazareth and Loreto – Twin Shrines |publisher=www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930135816/http://www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/faith/ourheritage/nazareth.html |archive-date=2009-09-30 |url-status=dead}}
- {{flagicon|LIB}} Harissa, Lebanon{{cite web |url=http://www.comune.loreto.an.it/comunicazioni/index.php?id=read&idnews=1450 |title=Comune di Loreto – Loreto – Daroun Harissa – Accordo di gemellaggio |publisher=Comune.loreto.an.it |access-date=2013-03-26}}
- {{flagicon|MLT}} Għajnsielem, Malta {{cite web |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/ghajnsielem-twins-loreto-italy.976184 |title=Għajnsielem twins with Loreto, Italy |date=24 August 2022 |publisher=www.timesofmalta.com |access-date=2022-08-28}}
See also
References
- {{EB1911|wstitle=Loreto (Italy)|volume=17|page=7}}
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External links
{{Commons}}[https://www.santuarioloreto.va/it.html Active link to the Santuario Loreto]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150821085218/http://www.comune.loreto.an.it/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040430162630/http://www.santuarioloreto.it/arte/ornamento_eng.htm Official website of the sanctuary]
- [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13454b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article Loreto]
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Category:Hilltowns in the Marche
Category:Catholic pilgrimage sites
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