Chiesa della Madonna di Loreto

The Holy House in the Smallest Village of Val Rendena

The Church of the Madonna di Loreto in Massimeno is dedicated to Our Lady of Loreto, whose cult is linked to the legend of the miraculous translation of the Holy House of Nazareth. Massimeno, the smallest municipality in Val Rendena, holds in this church a precious link to one of Italy's most widespread Marian devotions.

The sacred building, with its intimate and harmonious architecture, fits into the landscape of an Alpine village where time seems to have stood still. Val Rendena, with its churches decorated by Baschenis frescoes and the memory of Saint Vigilius's evangelisation, provides Massimeno with a cultural and spiritual context of extraordinary richness.