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4 unusual facts about Basilica della Santa Casa


Basilica della Santa Casa

In 1294, angels carried it again across the Adriatic Sea to the woods near Recanati; from these woods (Latin lauretum, Italian Colli del Lauri), or from the name of its proprietress (Laureta), the chapel derived the name which it still retains (sacellum gloriosæ Virginis in Laureto).

Giuseppe Capponi

From 1857 he was the primo tenore in the choir of the Basilica della Santa Casa in Loreto, a post he held to the end of his life.

Strmec pri Svetem Florijanu

The local church, built on Ložno Hill north of the main settlement, is dedicated to the Virgin of Loreto and belongs to the Parish of Sveti Florijan ob Boču.

Trenta, Bovec

A miners' church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary of Loreto, stands above the settlement on the way to Vršič.


Jan Zaor

He began designing about 1638, when he worked under The Santa Casa (domek loretański) in Gołąb.


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