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Il Redentore - Giudecca Venice

I used a long exposure to split the scene top from bottom (Nikon D800 ; 25 sec at F-22 ISO 100). The lights are from passing water traffic.
Info: (Palladi...
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I used a long exposure to split the scene top from bottom (Nikon D800 ; 25 sec at F-22 ISO 100). The lights are from passing water traffic.
Info: (Palladio 1576-1591)
"Although this church is far from central Venice, it is readily visible on the island of the Giudecca across from the piazza of San Marco and other important locations. (The pictures directly below were taken from across the canal.) The church was dedicated to the savior, "il redentore," and commissioned from Palladio by the Senate as a means of invoking divine aid in delivering the city of Venice from a serious outbreak of the plague (in 1575-76). In addition, the Senate pledged that every year there would be a procession on pontoon bridges to this church to celebrate and give thanks for the end of the plague--a tradition still practiced annually on the third Sunday of July."
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