Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at the Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.
Santa Maria della Salute at the Grand Canal
Santa Maria della Salute on the Grand Canal
The great dome
Main entrance
Punta della Dogana is an art museum in one of Venice's old customs buildings, the Dogana da Mar. It also refers to the triangular area of Venice where the Grand Canal meets the Giudecca Canal, and its collection of buildings: Santa Maria della Salute,, the Patriarchal Seminary of Venice, and Dogana da Mar at the triangle's tip.
View of Punta della Dogana (center) in 2005, looking southwest, with lamppost at triangular tip
View of Punta della Dogana by Francesco Guardi, c. 1765
View of Punta della Dogana and Canal Grande from the Bacino di San Marco.
View of Punta della Dogana from the Bacino di San Marco.