Santa Maria della Salute

Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Italy, was built as offering for the city's deliverance from the 1630 plague which killed nearly a third of the inhabitants of Venice. The octogonal bascilica contains masterworks of Titian and Tintoretto as well as the works of other master painters and sculptors.

This photograph was taken from a balcony in a passing cruise ship, which permitted a bird's eye view of the dome.

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