| Ancona | |
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| — Comune — | |
| Comune di Loreto | |
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| Coordinates: 43°26′N 13°37′E / 43.433°N 13.617°ECoordinates: 43°26′N 13°37′E / 43.433°N 13.617°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Province | Ancona (AN) |
| Frazioni | Villa Musone, Costabianca, Grotte, Archi |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Moreno Pieroni |
| Area | |
| - Total | 17.69 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Population (November 2005) | |
| - Total | 11,958 |
| - Density | 676/km2 (1,750.8/sq mi) |
| - Demonym | Loretani |
| 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 mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.
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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. Like many places in the Marche, it provides good views from the Apennines to the Adriatic.
Main sights
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
 The Basilica della santa casa from behind |
 The Basilica della santa casa |
International relations
Twin towns - Sister cities
See also
External links and references
References
- ^ a b c d e "Association of Towns awarded The Europe Prize". www.czestochowa.um.gov.pl. http://www.czestochowa.um.gov.pl/europeprize/altotting.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ "Fraternitas 33 - eng.". www.ofm.org. http://www.ofm.org/3/frat/FRAeng33.html. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ "Nazareth and Loreto - Twin Shrines". www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au. http://www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/faith/ourheritage/nazareth.html. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- U. Chevalier, Notre-Dame de Lorette (Paris, 1906);
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