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Chiesa del Redentore, Venice. (Photo by Hans A. Rosbach)
The church of Il Redentore in Venice, built by Andrea Palladio in 1577. the bridge pictures is only erected for the late July Festa del Redentore, celebrating the lifting of a plague. (Photo by Aisano)Certainly his gorgeously precise pre-neoclassical "Palladian" style became an enormous influence on architects from Christopher Wren (think: London's St. Paul's Cathedral) to Thomas Jefferson (think: Monticello in Virginia; also, all of Washington, DC).
One of Palladio's greatest masterpieces is Venice's Il Redentore, commissioned by the city in thanks for being delivered from the great plague of 1575–77, which claimed over a quarter of the population (some 46,000 people).
Baptism of Christ (1561), by Paolo Veronese.The interior is done in grand, austere, painstakingly classical Palladian style.
The artworks tend to be workshop pieces (from the studios or schools, but not the actual brushes, of Tintoretto and Veronese), but there is a fine Baptism of Christ by Veronese himself in the sacristy.
Also in the sacristy are Alvise Vivarini's good Adoration and Angels alongside works by Jacopo da Bassano and Palma il Giovane, who also did the Deposition over the right aisle's third chapel.
Chiesa del Redentore ★
Campo del SS. Redentore 195, La Giudecca
Vaporetto: Redentore
tel. +39-041-523-1415 or +39-041-275-0462
www.chorusvenezia.org
€12
Open Mon-Sat 10am–5pm
Planning your day: Visiting the church takes 30–45 minutes, but take the time to wander this quietest and least touristy of Venice's districts. Venice itineraries
Go ahead and buy the €10 Chorus Pass rather than pay the separate, €3 admission (visit just three more churches—of the 16 covered—and it'll pay for itself).
Sights nearby
Nothing, really.
Hotels nearby
RR Hotel Cipriani [splurge]
Al Redentore Di Venezia [splurge]
Casa Genoveffa [moderate]
Domina Home Giudecca [cheap]
Bauer Palladio Hotel & Spa [splurge]
Hilton Molino Stucky Venice [splurge]
Residenza Grandi Vedute [splurge]
Sarah Sun Island (boat!) [moderate]
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