Loretto, PA

united states

Loretto is a small college town in central Pennsylvania's Cambria County, home to about 1,400 people and Saint Francis University. Most visitors drive US Route 22 from Altoona (25 miles east) or Pittsburgh (70 miles west), with PA Route 53 connecting to the Pennsylvania Turnpike 10 miles south. The Catholic university, founded in 1847, sits on a hilltop campus that dominates this rural borough.