Redentore Feast-day

The Redentore feast is a thanksgiving day established in 1576 to celebrate the end of the pleague in 16th century in Venice.

In 1576 the Doge announced the vow to build
a church dedicated to the Redeemer, in return for help in eradicating the plague.

In 1577 a votive church,
projected by the architect Palladio, was built on the Giudecca island, and it was consecrated in 1592.

Since that day, every year a bridge of boat is built across the lagoon, connecting the Giudecca Island to Venice, to let pilgrims join the church and attend the solemn votive Mass presided over by the Patriarch and civic dignitaries.

On saturday night hundreds of boats decorated with branches, lanterns and coloured balloons and crowded with Venetians and tourists, gather in the Giudecca Canal and in St. Mark's Basin where they eat while waiting for the midnight spectacular fireworks display.