Santissimo Redentore (Venice)

Italy / Veneto / Venice / Campo del Santissimo Redentore, 195
 church, listed building / architectural heritage, 16th century construction, Andrea Palladio (architect)
Il Redentore, more properly Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore (Church of the Most Holy Redeemer), is Andrea Palladio's great domed church on Giudecca, one of the islands of Venice. Located on the waterfront of the Canale della Giudecca, it dominates the skyline of the island.
The Redentore was built in thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague that decimated Venice from 1575 to 1576, in which some 46,000 people, 25-30 per cent of the population, died. The Senate of the Republic of Venice commissioned the great architect Andrea Palladio to design it. Construction began in May 1577. The building was in a satisfactory stage and was consecrated in 1592.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Redentore
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Coordinates:   45°25'29"N   12°19'56"E
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