Baldassare Longhena
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Baldassare Longhena was an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period. His style is characterized by monumentality
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Pesaro
Palazzo Belloni-Battagia
Grand Canal (Venice)
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The Grand Canal is the largest channel in Venice, Italy, forming one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.
Baldassare Longhena
…Maria della Salute begun in 1631 to thank the Virgin for the city's deliverance from the plague. This two domed church on the peninsula between the Canal Grande and the Zattere is one of the city's best-known landmarks. The main entrance, modeled on the Roman triumphal arch, was later copied in successive…
The Grand Canal looking south from the Rialto Bridge
Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal
The Fondaco dei Turchi
Ca' d'Oro