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Loreto is a hilltown and comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 of the Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 province of Ancona
Province of Ancona

The Province of Ancona is a Provinces of Italy in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona. The province has an area of 1940 km? and a 2006 population of 465,906 in 49 comune , see Comunes of the Province of Ancona....
, in the Marche. It is mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.








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Loreto is a hilltown and comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 of the Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 province of Ancona
Province of Ancona

The Province of Ancona is a Provinces of Italy in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona. The province has an area of 1940 km? and a 2006 population of 465,906 in 49 comune , see Comunes of the Province of Ancona....
, in the Marche. It is mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.

Location


Loreto is located 127 m above sea-level on the right bank of the Musone river. It is 22 km by rail SSE of Ancona
Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101,909 . Ancona is situated on the Adriatic Sea and is the center of the province of Ancona and the capital of the region....
. Like many places in the Marche, it provides good views from the Apennines
Apennine mountains

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming the backbone of the country....
 to the Adriatic
Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges....
.

Main sights


Loreto's main monuments occupy the four sides of the piazza
Piazza

When the Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcade s, in the Italian fashion....
: the college of the Jesuits, the Palazzo Comunale (formerly the Palazzo Apostolico), designed by Bramante, with an art gallery with works of Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto

Lorenzo Lotto was a Northern Italy Painting draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits....
, Vouet and Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci was an Italian Baroque Painting....
 as well as a collection of maiolica
Maiolica

Maiolica designates Italian tin-glazed pottery dating from the Renaissance.The name is thought to come from the medieval Italian word for Majorca, an island on the route for ships bringing Hispano-Moresque wares from Valencia, Spain to Italy....
, 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
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger

Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, born Antonio Cordiani was an Italy architect active during the Italian Renaissance....
, which were erected from 1518 and reinforced in the 17th century.

Gallery


Twin Towns - Sister Cities

Loreto is twinned
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 with:
  • Mariazell
    Mariazell

    Mariazell is a small city in Austria, in Styria , well known for winter sports, 143 km N. of Graz. It is picturesquely situated in the valley of the Salza , amid the north Styrian Alps....
     in Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
  • Fátima
    Fátima, Portugal

    F?tima is a city in Portugal famous for the religious visions that took place there in 1917. The town itself has a population of 7,756 and is located in the Municipalities of Portugal of Our?m, in the Centro Region and sub region of Medio Tejo....
     in Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
  • Altötting
    Altötting

    Alt?tting is a town in Bavaria, capital of the Alt?tting .This small town is famous for the Gnadenkapelle , of one of the most visited shrines in Germany....
     in Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
  • Czestochowa
    Czestochowa

    Czestochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta with 248,894 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of Czestochowa Voivodeship ....
     in Poland
    Poland

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  • Nazareth
    Nazareth

    Nazareth is the capital and largest Cities in Israel in the North District . It also serves as an unofficial Arab capital for Israel's Arab citizens of Israel who make up the vast majority of the population there....
     in Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....


    • See also

    • Shrine of the Holy House
      • Shrines to the Virgin Mary
        Shrines to the Virgin Mary

        In the culture and practice of some Christian Churches - mainly, but not solely, the Roman Catholic Church - a Shrine to the Virgin Mary is a shrine marking an Marian apparitions or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or a site on which is centered a historically strong Blessed Virgin Mary devotion....
    • Territorial prelature of Loreto
      Territorial Prelature of Loreto

      The Territorial Prelature of Loreto is a Roman Catholic prelature which was elevated to this status on 24 June 1965.The Holy House of Loreto is located in it....


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