The house where Descartes was born — In La Haye en Touraine, now called "Descartes, Indre-et-Loire" Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4691201
Graduation registry for Descartes — University of Poitiers, 1616 Photo Credit: By Le Prytanee Militaire, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2287007
Headquarters of the university of Poitiers — Photo Credit: By Danielclauzier - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19117526
Pope Sixtus V — Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42733867
Pope Sixtus V
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome
Our Lady of Loreto — The title of the Virgin Mary with respect to the Holy House and for her statue displayed inside the Holy House. It has been stolen, returned, burned and replaced. Photo Credit: By Flyer20061 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18166135
Our Lady of Loreto
The title of the Virgin Mary with respect to the Holy House and for her statue displayed inside the Holy House. It has been stolen, returned, burned and replaced.
Dome of the Sacristy of St Marc — The basilica as a whole is thus a collaborative work by generations of architects and artists. A fresco by Melozzo da Forlì adorns the dome of the Sacristy of St Marc in the Basilica Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=386857
Dome of the Sacristy of St Marc
The basilica as a whole is thus a collaborative work by generations of architects and artists. A fresco by Melozzo da Forlì adorns the dome of the Sacristy of St Marc in the Basilica
Marble screen around the Holy House — A tall marble screen surrounds the Holy House: The four sides represent the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Arrival of the Santa Casa at Loreto and the Nativity of the Virgin. Photo Credit: By Zorro2212 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22585015
Marble screen around the Holy House
A tall marble screen surrounds the Holy House: The four sides represent the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Arrival of the Santa Casa at Loreto and the Nativity of the Virgin.
Basilica del Santuario di Loreto — Photo Credit: By Loreto250706.JPG: Mroselliderivative work: Rabanus Flavus - This file was derived from: Loreto250706.JPG:, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23151677