Loyola
| Azpeitia Municipality: Loyola | |||
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 View of the Santuario de Loyola
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Basque Country
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| Province : | Gipuzkoa | ||
| Comarca : | Urola Costa | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 10 ′ N , 2 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 381 (2011) INE | ||
| Postal code : | 20730 | ||
| Area code: | 20018000200 | ||
Loyola (Loiola) is a place between Azpeitia and Azkoitia in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa . The most famous of those from Loyola (Basque spelling: Loiola), St. Ignatius of Loyola , founder of the Jesuit order, was born in the medieval residential tower in the Urola valley .
The old residential tower was rebuilt in the 17th century by the large Jesuit college Loyola , has been restored since 1991 and returned to the reconstructed state of the 15th century. It can be viewed.
Web links
- Wolfgang Martin Hamdorf: In the footsteps of St. Ignatius