Loreto (AN)
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| Comune di Loreto | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Province | Ancona (AN) |
| Mayor | Moreno Pieroni |
| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Area | 17.69 km² (7 sq mi) |
| Population (as of November, 2005) | |
| - Total | 11,958 |
| - Density | 676/km² (1,751/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
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| Gentilic | Loretani |
| Dialing code | 071 |
| Postal code | 60025 |
| Frazioni | Villa Musone, Costabianca, Grotte, Archi |
| Patron | Nativity of Holy Virgin |
| - Day | September 8 |
| Website: www.comune.loreto.an.it | |
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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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 desinged by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, which were erected from 1518 and reinforced in the 17th century.
[edit] Gallery
 The Basilica della santa casa from behind |
 The Basilica della santa casa |
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[edit] References
- 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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