Loreto

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

Argentina

 * Loreto, Santiago del Estero
 * Loreto, Misiones

Bolivia

 * Loreto, Beni

Brazil

 * Loreto, Maranhão

Ecuador

 * Loreto Canton, in the province of Orellana

Italy

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

Mexico

 * Loreto, Baja California Sur
 * Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur
 * Loreto, Zacatecas

Paraguay

 * Loreto, Concepción department

Peru

 * Loreto Region
 * Loreto Province

Philippines

 * Loreto, Agusan del Sur
 * Loreto, Dinagat Islands

Switzerland

 * Loreto, Switzerland, a district of Lugano

Other

 * Loreto (meteorite), found in 1896 in Baja California Sur, Mexico
 * Loreto (Milan Metro), a subway station on the Line 1 of Milan Metro
 * Nicolás del Campo (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 (1578–1638), Roman Catholic prelate
 * Loreto Garza (born 1962), former American boxer and light welterweight world champion
 * Loreto Silva (born 1964), Chilean deputy minister