Where is the Holy House Mary lived in located?
There is competition between those who claim to have the so called “Casa Santa” (Holy House), the house of Our Lady in Nazareth where the Annunciation possibly took place and/or where the Holy Family lived. Besides Ephesus which honors the claim to Mary’s house in the later years of her life and Jerusalem, which does the same there is Loreto, Italy, which seems to have a valid claim to this honor for the early years of Mary’s life. A third location, Tersato, Dalmatia, commemorates the passage of the Holy House in via to Loreto. Loreto seems to have the best chance of actually possessing Mary’s house. Its claim is based on architectural and historical proofs. Investigations showed that its dimensions were identical to those of the House of the Holy Family that was missing from its place of enshrinement in a basilica of Nazareth. Markings found in the stones of this house are similar to those found at Nazareth. Those and other elements weigh in favor of a translation (sea? sky?) of the h
