Loreto is Italian for laurel-wood. A town in Italy named Loreto holds an important Christian shrine, which lead to the spread of the name to many other countries. It may refer to:

Places

Argentina

Loreto, Santiago del Estero Loreto is a city located in central Argentina in the southwest of the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has 9,854 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the Loreto Department Loreto Department is a department of Argen ...

, Argentina * Loreto, Misiones, village and municipality in Misiones Province, Argentina

Bolivia

* Loreto, Beni, Bolivia

Brazil

* Loreto (Maranhão), Brazil

Ecuador

* Loreto Canton, a canton in Orellana Province, Ecuador

Italy

Loreto, Marche Loreto ( , , ) is a hill town and ''comune'' of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is most commonly known as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site. Location Loreto is located above sea lev ...

, Italy, home of the ''Basilica della Santa Casa'' after which the other shrines are named * Loreto Aprutino, Pescara, Italy

Mexico

Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur Loreto () is a municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It was created in 1992 from the partition of the neighboring Comondú Municipality. The municipal seat is in the town of Loreto, which was the former capital of Las Calif ...

, Mexico **

Loreto, Baja California Sur Loreto is a city and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, on the West Coast of Mexico. Located on the Gulf of California, the city had a population of 20,385 inhabitants in 2019. Loreto is a regional economic and cultura ...

, Mexico *

Loreto, Zacatecas Loreto is a town and municipality in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. The town is the seventh-largest community in the state, with a 2005 census population of 22,085 inhabitants, while the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat had a popu ...

, Mexico

Paraguay

* Loreto, Concepción Department, Paraguay

Peru

* Loreto Region, Peru **

Loreto Province The Loreto Province is one of the eight provinces in the Loreto Region of Peru. The capital of the province is the historic town of Nauta. This biologically and culturally diverse region includes the Pacaya–Samiria National Reservation, and is ...

, Peru

Philippines

Loreto, Agusan del Sur Loreto, officially the Municipality of Loreto ( ceb, Lungsod sa Loreto; tgl, Bayan ng Loreto), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 43,880 people. Histo ...

, Philippines *

Loreto, Dinagat Islands Loreto, officially the Municipality of Loreto ( ceb, Lungsod sa Loreto; Surigaonon: ''Lungsod nan Loreto''; tl, Bayan ng Loreto; war, Bungto han Loreto), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines. According to ...

, Philippines

Switzerland

Loreto, Switzerland Loreto is a Quarter (country subdivision), quarter of the city of Lugano, in the Switzerland, Swiss Ticino, canton of Ticino. It forms the part of the city which surrounds the shrine of Our Lady of Loreto to the south of the city center, and includ ...

, a district of Lugano, Switzerland

Other

* Loreto (meteorite), found in 1896 in Baja California Sur, Mexico *

Loreto (Milan Metro) Loreto is an interchange subway station serving Lines 1 and 2 of the Milan Metro. The Line 1 station was opened on 1 November 1964 as part of the inaugural section of the Metro, between Sesto Marelli and Lotto. The Line 2 station was opened on ...

, a subway station on the Line 1 of Milan Metro *

Nicolás del Campo Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del Campo, Marquis of Loreto (March 12, 1725 – February 17, 1803) was a Spanish politician and soldier who occupied several posts in the Spanish American colonies, mainly in the River Plate area. Biography He was ...

(full name "Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del Campo, Marquis of Loreto", 1725–1803), sometimes referred to as "Viceroy Loreto"

People

* Loreto Carbonell (1933-2017), Filipino basketball player * Loreto Cucchiarelli (born 1943), Italian former rugby union player now serving as a coach *

Loreto Di Franco Loreto de Franchis or Loreto di Franco (1578–1638) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Minori (1636–1638) ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Capri (1634–1636). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Loreto de Franchis was born in Castel di Sangro, I ...

(1578–1638), Roman Catholic prelate *

Loreto Garza Loreto Garza (born May 23, 1962 in Sacramento, California) is an American former professional boxer and world champion at light welterweight. Career Amateur Garza started boxing amateur at 18 years old and did it for three years. He won the ...

(born 1962), former American boxer and light welterweight world champion *

Loreto Silva María Loreto Silva Rojas (born 29 June 1964) was a Chilean deputy minister under President Sebastián Piñera. Life Silva was born in Temuco and attended the University of Chile. She was a lawyer, academic and consultant with experience in the tr ...

(born 1964), female Chilean deputy minister