The Sanctuary of Loyola or Loiola ( es, Santuario de Loyola; eu, Loiolako Santutegia), or the Shrine and Basilica of Loyola, consists of a series of edifices built in

Churrigueresque Churrigueresque (; Spanish: ''Churrigueresco''), also but less commonly "Ultra Baroque", refers to a Spanish Baroque style of elaborate sculptural architectural ornament which emerged as a manner of stucco decoration in Spain in the late 17th ...

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style around the birthplace of St.

Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian ...

, founder of the

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. The sanctuary stands along the river Urola at the neighbourhood of Loyola (Loiola, a place-name meaning 'foundry made of clay', or possibly 'hut made of clay') in the municipality of

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, Basque Country,

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. Ignatius of Loyola, whose real name was ''Iñigo López de Loyola'', was the son of the Lord of Loyola, Beltrán Ibáñez de Oñaz and Marina Sánchez de Licona, member of an important

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an family. He was born in 1491 in his family house in Loyola. After he died his birthplace became a place of veneration. In the seventeenth century the house where he was born was given to the Society of Jesus. The Order built there, near the birthplace of its founder, the Sanctuary of Loyola. In 1900 the Society commissioned an altar for the sanctuary, employing metalwork artist

Plácido Zuloaga Plácido Maria Martin Zuloaga y Zuloaga (5 October 18341 July 1910) was a Spanish sculptor and metalworker. He is known for refining damascening, a technique that involves inlaying gold, silver, and other metals into an iron surface, creating an ...

, who had won international success creating intricate artworks by

damascening Damascening is the art of inlaying different metals into one another—typically, gold or silver into a darkly oxidized steel background—to produce intricate patterns similar to niello. The English term comes from a perceived resemblance to th ...

, a technique which inlays gold and silver into iron. Zuloaga's iron structure houses panels depicting the life of St. Ignatius, and supports a damascened crucifix and candlesticks from the workshop of José Felipe Artamendi. Interior de la Basilica Loyola

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Jenaro Pérez Villaamil Jenaro Pérez de Villaamil y d'Huguet (3 February 1807 – 5 June 1854) was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style who specialized in landscapes with figures and architectural scenes. He often inflated the scale of the buildings relative ...

and

Eugène Cicéri Étienne Eugène Cicéri (27 January 1813 – 20 April 1890) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and theatrical designer. Biography He came from an artistic family. His father was the scenographer, Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri. He w ...

in 1850, in España artística y monumental File:Santuario de loyola. Estatua.JPG, Ignatius of Loyola depicted wounded in

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