Il Redentore

church, Venice, Italy

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Il Redentore, meaning \"The Redeemer,\" is a Roman Catholic church located in Venice, Italy. It was built as a votive offering after the city was freed from a devastating plague that lasted from 1575 to 1577. The church's design was by Andrea Palladio and construction was completed in 1592.12

Il Redentore serves multiple functions, including ceremonial, votive, and monastic, reflecting its Franciscan order. Its architecture is influenced by Palladio's studies of Roman baths and features a nave for sermons and side chapels for private prayer. The church is notable for its tri-conch shape, creating an impression of width, and a rhythmic interplay of solids and voids. Annually, a temporary bridge is constructed to link Il Redentore to Venice proper for the Feast of the Redeemer, a tradition that began with a procession across a boat bridge to celebrate the city's liberation from the plague.12

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Andrea Palladio
Venetian period of Andrea Palladio
…(1566, completed in 1610) and Il Redentore (1576, completed in 1592). The liturgical revival of the Counter-Reformation opposed the centrally planned church, requiring separate functions for different parts of a Latin-cross church. Palladio’s proposals for a circular church for Il Redentore, therefore, were rejected. In both churches the nave is…
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…(1566, completed in 1610) and Il Redentore (1576, completed in 1592). The liturgical revival of the Counter-Reformation opposed the centrally planned church, requiring separate functions for different parts of a Latin-cross church. Palladio’s proposals for a circular church for Il Redentore, therefore, were rejected. In both churches the nave is…
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Venice
Churches of Venice
…Maggiore (1566, completed in 1610), Il Redentore (1577–92), and Le Zitelle (1582–86) were all designed by Andrea Palladio; their Roman Classical facades were intended to be seen across the waters of the Giudecca Canal. San Giorgio and La Salute turn the open lagoon in front of San Marco into an…
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…Maggiore (1566, completed in 1610), Il Redentore (1577–92), and Le Zitelle (1582–86) were all designed by Andrea Palladio; their Roman Classical facades were intended to be seen across the waters of the Giudecca Canal. San Giorgio and La Salute turn the open lagoon in front of San Marco into an…
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