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This church, located in front of the Plaza de Loreto, belonged to the Jesuits as part of the Colegio de San Pedro y San Pablo since 1675. Its baroque façade shows a relief of the transfer of the Virgin of Nazareth to Loreto, while the bell towers are in neoclassical style. After the expulsion of the order in 1767, the church passed into secular hands, so the architect Manuel Tolsá -a man close to the viceroys, since Revillagigedo II- was commissioned to remodel it. The origin of its patron saint, the Virgin of Loreto, came from Italy, welcomed by Count José María Bassoco who, besides being a writer and humanist, syndic of Mexico City's City Hall and member of the royal cavalry corps appointed by Viceroy Venegas to participate in the Independence movement, participated in the design of the great Renaissance dome that distinguishes this temple.
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Hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday until 1 p.m.
Phone: 5243 3717
Zone 4: Loreto and surroundings
Address: San Antonio Tomatlán y Jesús María Loreto, Centro
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