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LORETO'S LITTLE CHURCH
And now, after having visited the sister churches of the town, we contemplate
the remote and eccentric church of Our Lady of Loreto situated in the
suburbs of Mirto
It is said that in1550 a vessel, off shore the Tyrrhenian Sea, was at
the mercy of the waves, tossed by a violent storm. The captain of the
vessel, even if agnostic, vowed to erect a little sanctuary to the Virgin
of Loreto if his crew and he had escaped from the storm. And so, as he
promised, he erected the nice little church dedicated to Our Lady.
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The church, located on the top of a hill, overlooks the country, the
Tyrrhenian Sea, the Aeolian Islands, the Fitalia River that flows at its
foot, the Nebrodi Mountains, the suggestive view of the town.
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