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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]
Mahalini was born into an ethnic Balinese and Hindu family, then she converted to Islam before marrying Rizky Febian. [6] Mahalini started participating in local singing competitions during junior high school. She then continued her education in SMA Negeri 1 Denpasar, where she received an achievement scholarship for her singing ability. [7]
Her debut album, Siti Nurhaliza I was released on 1 April 1996 by Suria Records after winning the 1995 RTM Bintang HMI singing competition at the age of 16. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Before signing the contract with Suria Records, she was approached with offers from three different record labels including Sony Music , BMG Music and Warner Music . [ 1 ]
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).
The church has a large dome which indicates the church's ecclesiastical importance, sharing an affinity with San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore both churches designed by Palladio. The dome is supported on a drum which has rectangular windows cut into it to let light into the building. The church's campanile is one of the most precarious in ...
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.
The Church of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca is one of the titular churches of Rome to which Cardinal Priests of the Roman Catholic Church may be appointed. It was established as a titular church in 1988 by Pope John Paul II for Cardinal James Hickey , Archbishop of Washington .
The Church of Saint Alphonus of Liguori (Chiesa di Sant'Alfonso di Liguori all'Esquilino in Italian) is a rectory church located on the Via Merulana on the Esquiline Hill of central Rome's Vth prefecture, Italy, and a titular church for a Cardinal-priest under the name Santissimo Redentore e Sant'Alfonso in Via Merulana (Church of the Most Holy Redeemer and Saint Alphonse).