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Santissimo Redentore Review
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Santissimo Redentore
- Address: Fondamenta San Giacomo, Giudecca, Venice
- Phone: 041/5231415; 041/2750462 Chorus
- Category: Religious Sites
- Location: Giudecca
Fodor's Review:
After a 16th-century plague claimed 50,000 people, one-third of the city's population, Andrea Palladio was asked to design a commemorative church. Giudecca's Capucin friars offered land and their services, provided the building was in keeping with the simplicity of their hermitage. Consecrated in 1592, Palladio's creation is dominated by a dome and a pair of slim, almost minaretlike bell towers. Its simple, stately facade leads to a bright, airy interior, perfectly proportioned like San Giorgio Maggiore and in distinct contrast to the dusky Byzantine mystery of the Basilica di San Marco.
For hundreds of years, on the third weekend in July the doge would make a pilgrimage here to give thanks to the Redeemer for ending a 16th-century plague. The event has become the Festa del Redentore, a favorite Venetian festival featuring boats, fireworks, and outdoor feasting. It's the one time of year you can walk to Giudecca -- across a temporary pontoon bridge connecting Redentore with the Zattere.
- Cost: EUR 2.50; EUR 9 Chorus pass
- Open: Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 1-5
- Vaporetto: Redentore
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