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Loretto

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Lorentanske namesti, Prague, 11908

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Loretto- Prague, Czech Republic - VirtualTourist.com
The Loreta Monastery is one of the finest baroque buildings in Prague. It was founded by Benignia Katerina Lobkovinc in 1626. The monastery has been a place of pilgrimage over the years. The star attraction of the monarstery is the replica of the Virgin Mary's House, the Santa Casa. The Casa is cake...
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Loretto (The), Prague, Czech Republic : Reviews of Loretto (The) - Yahoo! Travel
Opposite the Cernin Palace is the Santa Casa, built between 1626 and 1631 by the architect G B Orsi, commissioned by Catherine of Lobkovic. Inside is a...
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Prague Castle, Prague - Reviews of Prague Castle - IgoUgo
The house where the angels told the Virgin Mary that she would be the Mother of the Savior was whisked to Loreto, Italy, when its sanctity in Nazareth was threatened by infidels in 1278. A replica of Mary’s house was constructed in Prague in 1626—it’s the odd little structure in the middle of ...
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Loreto Palace (Loreta) | Museum/Attraction Review | Prague | Frommers.com
is a painting of a bearded woman hanging on a cross. This is St. Starosta, or Vilgefortis, who, after taking a vow of virginity, was forced to marry the king of Sicily. It's said that God, taking pity on the woman, gave her facial hair to make her undesirable, after which her pagan father had her cr...
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iExplore Community: Loretta - Prague, Czech Republic
In the mid-13th century, the Islam armies conquered the Christian Holy Land. According to legion, while this was happening, two priors were able to remove the Santa Casa (Holy House) stone by stone and rebuild it near Loreto in Italy. The house was visited by many pilgrims and was later richly decor...
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The pilgrimage site is conceived as a self-contained complex of buildings around a central Santa Casa, with an oblong, two-storey arcade courtyard (unlike the Italian Loreto, where the Casa is inside the pilgrimage church). The present-day Church of the Nativity of Our Lord (on the longitudinal axis...
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24/43.- Prague, Loretto. Tourist Information - VIRTOURIST.COM
Loretto is a pilgrimage center, its center is the 'Santa Casa', constructed from 1626 to 1631, as a copy of the home of the Virgin Mary in Nazareth. The 'Santa Casa' was expanded in the 17th century with new cloisters and a new story. The current facade and its towers were added in 1720-1722. Inside...
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Prague: Loreto - Czech republic
Kateřina of Lobkowicz, wife of Vilém Popel of Lobkowitz, initiated the construction of the Loreto in 1626, inspired by the Italian Santa Casa of Loreto. The Capuchins took over the administration of the pilgrimage site. They built the first monastery in Bohemia in the neighborhood of the Loreto. A...
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Loreto Prague - Prague Czech Republic
The previous generations built the Prague pilgrim place Loreta, a former church of the Lobkowitz family (the founders of the church). The following generations have been taking care of this heritage. The history of Loreta includes not only the best of baroque but it has also preserved the traces of ...
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Loreto (Loreta) - Pilgrimage site - Praha 1 – Hradčany
An architectural monument and famous Baroque pilgrimage site dating to 1626, when the corner stone of the Loretto Chapel was laid. The founder and first patron was Benigna Catherine of Lobkowicz; the Loretto functioned under Lobkowicz patronage until the beginning of the 20th century. During this pe...
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