Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore

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Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore is a prominent 16th-century Roman Catholic church in Venice, Italy, renowned for its Palladian architecture and its central role in the annual Redentore festival.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Palladian building
Renaissance church
Roman Catholic church
landmark in Venice
architect Andrea Palladio
architecturalStyle Palladian architecture
Renaissance architecture
associatedWith Festa del Redentore
belongsTo cityscape of the Venetian lagoon
builtAs votive church
centuryOfConstruction 16th century
constructionStart 1577
country Italy
dedicatedTo Jesus Christ the Redeemer
denomination Roman Catholic
diocese Patriarchate of Venice
façadeType superimposed temple fronts
floorPlanShape longitudinal plan
foundedBy Venetian Senate
hasArtworkBy Francesco Bassano the Younger
linked to: Jacopo Bassano

Jacopo Tintoretto
linked to: Tintoretto

Paolo Veronese
linked to: Veronese
hasFeature barrel-vaulted nave
campanile
high altar with tabernacle
large choir behind the altar
heritageStatus important monument of Venetian Renaissance architecture
inaugurationDate 1592
influenced later church architecture in Venice
influencedBy classical Roman temple architecture
languageOfName Italian
liturgicalUse parish church
locatedIn Giudecca
Venice
locatedOn island of Giudecca
linked to: Giudecca
material Istrian stone façade
notableFor classical temple front
large central dome
monumental façade
overlooks St Mark’s Basin
linked to: St Mark's Basin
planType single nave with side chapels
purpose thanksgiving for the end of the plague of 1575–1577
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
roleInEvent central site of the annual Redentore festival
roofType domed crossing
touristAttraction yes
tradition connected to the city by a temporary pontoon bridge during Redentore festival
translationOfName Church of the Most Holy Redeemer

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Il Redentore nativeName Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore
Festa del Redentore associatedWith Church of Il Redentore by Andrea Palladio
linked to: Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore
Il Redentore (Venice) alsoKnownAs Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore