The Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, commonly known as Il Redentore, is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church located on Giudecca in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, in the city of Venice, Italy.
Il Redentore on the island Giudecca
Longitudinal section (1783)
Transversal section (1783)
The Giudecca Canal is a body of water that flows into the San Marco basin in Venice, Italy.
Il Redentore
ā¦Palladio and built as a votive church to thank God for the deliverance of the city from a major outbreak of the plague. Located on the waterfront of the Canale della Giudecca, it dominates the skyline of the island of Giudecca. It is a member of the Chorus Association of Venetian churches and contains a number of paintingsā¦
Aerial view of Venice with the Giudecca Canal on the right
The Canal of the Guidecca, and the Church of the Gesuati, Venice by Clarkson Stanfield, 1836