REDENTORE 2022

The Redentore festival is the festival most felt by the inhabitants of the city of Venice, it is a Venetian tradition of over 400 years and is celebrated on the third Sunday of July on the Giudecca island and in the San Marco basin.

The tradition of the Redeemer dates back to 1577 and recalls the end of a terrible plague, celebrated with the construction of the homonymous basilica by Palladio on the Giudecca island, which can be reached by crossing a huge 330-meter long bridge of boats. The celebrations therefore include the function presided over by the Patriarch and the religious procession, while the weekend ends with the Regatta on gondolas.

At sunset the boats, decorated with colored balloons and all illuminated, flow into the San Marco Basin and the Giudecca Canal. An abundant dinner based on traditional Venetian dishes is consumed on the boat while waiting for the fireworks display, which begins at 11.30pm

Saturday 16 July 2022 begins around 19:00 when the pontoon bridge is opened, which begins the pilgrimage from Piazza San Marco to the church of the Redentore. 

All liturgical celebrations, however, take place from 7:30 pm and begin with the Eucharist, another mass takes place just after the fires and at 7:00 pm on Sunday there will be a mass presided over by the Patriarch followed by the blessing of the city

At 11:30 pm the fireworks display on the San Marco Basin begins.

Usually on Sunday (July 17) you can watch the various regattas of the Redentore.