Il Redentore

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Il Redentore is a renowned 16th-century Roman Catholic church in Venice, Italy, celebrated as one of Andrea Palladio’s masterpieces of Renaissance architecture.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance church
Roman Catholic church
basilica-style church
access reachable by vaporetto (waterbus)
architect Andrea Palladio
architecturalStyle Palladian architecture
Renaissance architecture
associatedEvent plague of 1575–1577 in Venice
associatedTradition Festa del Redentore
centuryOfConstruction 16th century
commissionedBy Venetian Senate
constructionEndDate 1592
constructionStartDate 1577
country Italy
dedicatedTo Jesus Christ the Redeemer
denomination Roman Catholic Church
diocese Roman Catholic Patriarchate of Venice
hasArtwork paintings by Francesco Bassano the Younger
paintings by Jacopo Tintoretto
paintings by Paolo Veronese
hasDome true
hasFacade classical temple front
hasFeature Corinthian columns on facade
campanile
classical pediment
drum supporting the dome
high altar
large central nave
prominent staircase leading to entrance
side chapels
heritageDesignation part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Venice and its Lagoon
languageOfNativeName Italian
liturgicalStatus consecrated church
liturgicalTradition Latin Church
locatedIn Giudecca
Giudecca island
locatedInCity Venice
locatedOn Giudecca Canal
material Istrian stone (facade cladding)
nativeName Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore
notableFor major example of Venetian Renaissance sacred architecture
one of Andrea Palladio’s masterpieces
numberOfDomes 1
parish Redentore parish of the Vicariate of San Polo-Santa Croce-Dorsoduro
planType longitudinal plan
purpose votive church
reasonForConstruction thanksgiving for the end of the plague of 1575–1577
religion Roman Catholicism
roofType pitched roof with dome
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Venice and its Lagoon

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Andrea Palladio
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