In Loreto I happened by chance: I was in Rome with my friend and we had known that the House of Pilgrims organized a trip to Loreto. Without thinking about it we had signed up and the next day we found ourselves on a bus full of cheerful old ladies and gentlemen.
On the board we got acquainted with our travel companions and so we learned that they were the schoolmates of John Paul II. What a blow!
Located between the Musone and Potenza Valleys and surrounded by sixteenth-century walls Loreto is famous above all for the house of the Sacred Nazareth family. According to popular stories, after the Muslim invasion the house was transported by angels to the Marche hills.
His pilgrimage does not end here, because the house appeared near Recanati, to end up definitively in the place where it was find it still. The story says that the relic was brought to Italy after the fall of the kingdom of the Crusaders in the Holy Land.
The interesting thing is that the studies confirm its authenticity. Who wants to believe it, who does not want to do not believe it. I am skeptical and with suspicion I look at the firms, the bones of the saints and other parts of their bodies kept in the churches, but from the tourist point of view I found Loreto interesting.
Of course, everything revolves around the Holy House, but other works of art also affect. I remember the splendid Fountain of Madonna located in the homonymous square. The beautiful shapes of Piazzale Lotto and the view that you can admire leaving any Gate in the city remain in memory. The atmosphere of the village itself is also striking, made more magical and fascinating by the presence of the city walls.
Written by Lisabeth Evans - Last update: 14/10/2021
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