Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

Venice Sunset

and the cathedral Santa Maria della Salute in the background ....
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. The church was designed in the Baroque style by Baldassare Longhena. Construction began in 1631. Most of the objects of art housed in the church bear references to the Black Death.

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