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Santuario de Loyola

Azpeitia, Urola Kosta, Gipuzkoa

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Santuario de Loyola

Monument · Azpeitia, Urola Kosta, Gipuzkoa

Baroque basilica built over the birth house of Ignacio de Loyola, whose first stone was laid on March 28, 1689, to a design by the Italian architect Carlo Fontana, with a circular plan 33 m in diameter and a dome 65 m high on the outside. The basilica was inaugurated in 1738 and its definitive consecration took place between 1888 and 1889. The complex has been a Bien de Interés Cultural since January 17, 1964 and is managed by the Society of Jesus.

1689-1738/1888

Photo: Theklan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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