Thursday, June 5, 2014

No.27

Santa Maria della Salute, Sunrise
William Stanley Haseltine 1835-1900


Santa Maria della Salute (St. Mary of Health) is a Roman Catholic Church and minor basilica in Venice. In 1630 there was a serious outbreak of the plague in Venice and the church was built as a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence.

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