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The Festa del Redentore is an event held in Venice the third Sunday of July where fireworks play an important role.. The Redentore began as a feast – held on the day of the Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer – to give thanks for the end of the terrible plague of 1576, which killed 50,000 people, [1] including the great painter Tiziano Vecellio (Titian).
San Marco basin, Venice. After the concerts at Arena of Verona, Monza, Livorno, and Cava de' Tirreni in May 1989, the Venetian producer Francesco 'Fran' Tomasi proposed that Pink Floyd close their tour in Italy with a free concert in his city on the night of 15 July 1989, during the traditional festa del Redentore.
Il Redentore was built as a votive church in thanksgiving for deliverance from a major outbreak of the plague that decimated Venice between 1575 and 1576, in which some 46,000 people (25–30% of the population) died. [1] The Senate of the Republic of Venice commissioned the architect Andrea Palladio to design the votive church. [2]
FILE - Fireworks are seen over the Sydney Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations on Jan. 1, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images)
Le Zitelle (officially Santa Maria della Presentazione), or “The Spinsters” [1] is a church in Venice, Italy.It is part of a former complex which gave shelter to young maidens ("zitelle" in Italian) who had no dowry, [1] and is on the eastern part of the Giudecca island.
Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health; Venetian: Bazéłega de Santa Maria de ła Sałute), commonly known simply as La Salute (Italian: [la saˈlute]), is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at the Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.
A demonic California dad has been arrested for allegedly beheading his 1-year-old son Friday in an early-morning frenzy of violence that also injured his wife and her mother, according to police.
Video Shows Fireworks Exploding as Fire Destroys 2 Family Homes Ahead of the Holidays: 'Lost Everything' Clare Fisher. December 24, 2024 at 3:44 AM. Oakham Fire Department Facebook.