Experts' Choice Award Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore
5 expert reviews
“After a plague in 1576 claimed some 50,000 people—nearly one-third of the city's population (including Titian)—Andrea Palladio was asked to design a commemorative church.”
– Fodor's
Frommer's "Perhaps the masterpiece among Palladio's churches, Il Redentore was commissioned by Venice to give thanks for being delivered from the great plague." Full review
Lonely Planet "Even from afar, you can’t miss Palladio’s 1577 Il Redentore , a triumph of white marble along the Grand Canal celebrating the city’s deliverance from the Black Death." Full review
Time Out "Venice's first great plague church was commissioned to celebrate deliverance from the bout of 1575-77." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Built to celebrate the city’s deliverance from the Black Death, Palladio's Il Redentore was completed under Antonio da Ponte (of Rialto bridge fame) in 1592." Full review
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