Azpeitia
Loyola Basilica
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Loyola Basilica
Contact details
Loiola Auzoa, 16
20730
Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa - Gipuzkoa
(Basque Country)
www.santuariodeloyola.org
Tel.:+34 943025000
Location
- Autonomous region: Basque Country
- Province/Island: Guipúzcoa - Gipuzkoa

Description
In honour of San Ignacio de Loyola.
This Baroque Basilica has a wonderful dome of 24 metres in diameter.
Work of the famous Italian architect Carlo Fontana. It was inaugurated in 1738. It is baroque in style, with a circular floor plan and a 65 metre-high dome. A few metres from the Basilica you can visit the old Loyola House-Tower, where San Ignacio was born in 1491.
- Construction: Basilica
- Artistic period: Baroque
- Historic period: 18th century
- Setting: San Agustin Church, San Juan Hermitage, Magdalena Hermitage, Nuestra Señora de Olaz Hermitage.
Practical information
Schedule
- From Sep 01 to May 31
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From Monday to Sunday
From 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM From 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM
- From Jun 01 to Sep 30
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From Monday to Sunday
From 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM From 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Prices
- Admission free