Santa Maria della Salute

ChurchVeniceAbout 40 minutes

The domed church at the mouth of the Grand Canal, built as a thank-offering after the plague of 1630, and the shape that closes every photograph taken from the Accademia bridge. Free to enter, rarely busy, with Titians in the sacristy. Ten minutes by vaporetto or a walk through Dorsoduro.

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