The Feast of the Redeemer (la Festa del Redentore) is an event that commemorates the grace Venice received after being freed from the plague. By order of the Doge, a promise was made: every year, on the day the city was declared free from the plague, a procession would take place leading to the new votive church.
By order of the Venetian Senate on September 4th, 1576, the church was built on the island of Giudecca, in the area of a Franciscan convent. The new Church of the Redentore, an ex-voto for the city’s liberation from the 1575–1577 plague, was designed by Andrea Palladio. The epidemic, which claimed over a third of Venice’s population in just two years, finally ended in July 1577, and it was then decided to celebrate the city’s liberation annually with the construction of a votive bridge. This tradition remains very much alive today, celebrated every third weekend of July, when Venetians gather in the San Marco Basin aboard their boats, as they have for centuries, to admire the spectacular fireworks display.
During this extraordinary celebration, you will have the chance to experience the Redentore aboard a typical Venetian boat, relaxing in a comfortable lounge area while waiting for the fireworks to begin. Surrounded by thousands of anchored boats that form floating islands, you will be immersed in an atmosphere of joy, festivity, and unity.
It is an unmissable experience!
The Feast of the Redeemer (la Festa del Redentore) is an event that commemorates the grace Venice received after being freed from the plague. By order of the Doge, a promise was made: every year, on the day the city was declared free from the plague, a procession would take place leading to the new votive church.
By order of the Venetian Senate on September 4th, 1576, the church was built on the island of Giudecca, in the area of a Franciscan convent. The new Church of the Redentore, an ex-voto for the city’s liberation from the 1575–1577 plague, was designed by Andrea Palladio. The epidemic, which claimed over a third of Venice’s population in just two years, finally ended in July 1577, and it was then decided to celebrate the city’s liberation annually with the construction of a votive bridge. This tradition remains very much alive today, celebrated every third weekend of July, when Venetians gather in the San Marco Basin aboard their boats, as they have for centuries, to admire the spectacular fireworks display.
During this extraordinary celebration, you will have the chance to experience the Redentore aboard a typical Venetian boat, relaxing in a comfortable lounge area while waiting for the fireworks to begin. Surrounded by thousands of anchored boats that form floating islands, you will be immersed in an atmosphere of joy, festivity, and unity.
It is an unmissable experience!
