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

• Loretto