Santa Maria della Salute
“The dome of the Basilica della Salute has characterized the scenario of the basin of San Marco in Venice for more than three hundred years, an authoritative testimony of the very high spirituality that marked the seventeenth century in Venice.
It was desired by the Serenissima as a prayer and as thanksgiving to the Virgin Mother of God to preserve the city of Venice from the terrible plague of the seventeenth century.
The first stone of the factory was laid on the first of April 1631 and fifty years later, on November 9th, 1687, it was solemnly consecrated by the Patriarch Alvise Sagredo even if for some years the s. Put inside it.”
Credits
Photos by Luke Cabading
Sources
http://basilicasalutevenezia.it/la-basilica/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_della_Salute