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Loreto
Loreto is the Italian word for laurel-wood. There are many towns and places by that name, among which:
In Italy
- Loreto, in Ancona province, a town with a Marian shrine that is the origin of the wide dissemination of the name
- Loreto (AT) , in Asti province
- Loreto (NO) , in Novara province
- Loreto (PG, 1) , in Perugia province
- Loreto (PG, 2) , also in Perugia province
- Loreto Aprutino , in Pescara province
Elsewhere
- Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Loreto, Zacatecas , Mexico
- Loreto region, Peru
The Marian shrine has also given its name to very many schools and colleges throughout the world.
See also
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