Loreta

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  • Address
    Loretánské námĕstí 7, Hradčany
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  • Phone
    224 516 740
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  • Transport
    tram: 22, 23 to Pohořelec

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Lonely Planet review

The square's main attraction is the Loreta, a baroque place of pilgrimage founded by Benigna Kateřina Lobkowicz in 1626, and designed as a replica of the supposed Santa Casa (Sacred House; the home of the Virgin Mary). Legend says that the original Santa Casa was carried by angels to the Italian town of Loreto as the Turks were advancing on Nazareth. The duplicate Santa Casa, with fragments of its original frescoes, is in the centre of the courtyard