Basilica of the Holy House
The Basilica of the Holy House is a Catholic place of pilgrimage located in the Italian municipality of Loreto. It was built around the house where, according to tradition, the Archangel Gabriel announced the divine maternity to the Virgin Mary and where the Holy Family lived in Nazareth. The house was originally located in the Holy Land, but faced with the advance of the Muslim troops, the Christians feared that it would be destroyed. Thus, a member of the powerful Angeli family (governors of Epirus) financed the move of the house to what is now Croatia in 1291. Two years later it was transported to Ancona, and on December 10, 1294, it arrived in the town of Loreto. The basilica itself, designed by Bramante, was built around the small house of Nazareth during the Renaissance.
