
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute

by Mike Worley
Title
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
Artist
Mike Worley
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Re-entering the Grand Canal in Venice at dusk, one is greeted by the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute on Punta della Dogana. The Basilica was begun in 1631 in response to the devastating losses - at least 46,000 and perhaps as high as 94,000 - in Venice in 1630 from bubonic plague. Nearly all of the art housed in the Basilica references the Black Death. Construction was completed in 1681.
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April 13th, 2024
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