Loreto (11,000 residents) village was born
and raised in symbiosis with the sanctuary, in fact the story of
the city over the centuries have almost always coincided with
those of his sanctuary.
The City: The castle walls Giovanni Paolo II°,
Square Views towards the sea and Mount Conero
The Holy House December 10, 1294, with the arrival of the
house inhabited by the Holy Family of the Virgin Mary in
Nazareth, he began the story of the Sanctuary.
Precious relic brought to Italy after the fall of the kingdom of
the Crusaders in the Holy Land.
Recent studies of the stones and graffiti and documents, confirm
and certify the authenticity of the Holy House.
The shrine of Loreto has been for centuries and is still one of
the places of pilgrimage of the most important of the Catholic
world.
E 'was visited by about 200 saints and blessed, and from above.
The Statue of Our Lady, Lebanese cedar wood, replaces the
century. XIV, which was destroyed in a fire which broke out in
the Holy House in 1921