- Stock Photography: ITALY. VENICE. THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE. DETAILS by Bladerunner7
Preview image in your
Facebook Timeline Account- Preview
- Price: 1$
- Size Facebook: 1702 x 630 px
- Size Twitter: 1500 x 500 px
- Size LinkedIn: 1128 x 191 px
More Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Cover Photos
Cover photo info
- Photo title: Italy. Venice. The Cathedral of Santa Maria della Salute. Details
- Author: Bladerunner7
- Cover photo description:
- Santa Maria della Salute is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy. It stands on the narrow finger of Punta della Dogana, between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal, at the Bacino di San Marco, making the church visible when entering the Piazza San Marco from the water. The Salute is part of the parish of the Gesuati and is the most recent of the so-called plague-churches. In 1630, Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute). The church was designed in the then fashionable baroque style by Baldassare Longhena, who studied under the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi. Construction began in 1631. Most of the objects of art housed in the church bear references to the Black Death. The dome of the Salute was an important addition to the Venice skyline and soon became emblematic of the city, inspiring artists like Canaletto, J. M. W. Turner, John Singer Sargent, and Francesco Guardi.
- Image ID:65101951
- Views:40
- Downloads:1
Keywords for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn timeline photos
arrow
bacino
basil
basilica
called
canal
cathedral
catholic
church
churches
city
column
della
details
dogana
dome
dorsoduro
entering
finger
gesuati
giudecca
grand
great
italia
italy
located
making
marco
maria
minor
narrow
parish
part
piazza
plague
punta
recent
roman
salute
san
santa
sculpture
sestiere
sights
stands
venice
visible
water
white
Similar images from Dreamstime