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The basilica, circular in plan, stands at the centre of the façade of the former Royal College and is crowned by a great dome 20 metres in diameter that rises to 65 metres. In front, a portico with a monumental staircase opens onto a broad forecourt, and the two wings of the college stretch out on either side. The scan was made over several sessions between December 2024 and February 2025.
History
The sanctuary surrounds the birthplace of Ignatius of Loyola (born 1491), a family tower house, and was conceived as a reliquary: the basilica on the outside and the birthplace at its heart. After his canonisation the site became a centre of devotion, and in the 17th century the Jesuits built the Royal College of Loyola around the tower house. The basilica, built of limestone from Mount Izarraitz, opened in 1738, after works halted for thirteen years by the War of the Spanish Succession. It was consecrated in 1888–1889, and in 1921 Pope Benedict XV declared it a minor basilica.
- Place
- Loiola, Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa
- Author
- Carlo Fontana (original design). The works were directed, among others, by Martín de Zaldúa, Sebastián de Lecuona and Ignacio de Ibero.
- Scanned
- 2024–2025
- Technique
- Photogrammetry · drone and camera
- Layers
- Form · Light · Colour
Sequence
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