Kateřina of Lobkowicz, the wife of Vilém Popel of Lobkowitz, initiated the construction of the Loreto in 1626, inspired by the Italian Santa Casa of Loreto. The Capuchins took over the administration of the pilgrimage place. They built the first monastery in Bohemia in the neighbourhood of the Loreto. After the Chapel of the Nativity was enlarged, it became the largest sanctuary of the whole Loreto complex. The Baroque bell tower and the treasury with the Loreto treasure are world-famous. The most precious is the diamond-encrusted monstrance, caller the Prague Sun. The octagonal tower with a dome and a lantern on the top rises above the front facade. There are hidden thirty bells of the Loreto chimes.
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