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Giudecca
Giudecca is probably derived from
zudega
(from
giudicato,
or 'the judged'), the name
given to rebellious Venetian nobles banished to Giudecca. The banishments backfired: Gi-
udecca became fashionable and Venetians built weekend garden villas on the island.
However, many were abandoned during times of plague and war, and were eventually dis-
placed by 19th-century industry.
Today Giudecca is entering its third act, with brick factories converted into artists' lofts
and galleries taking over the Fondamenta San Biagio.
Vaporetti
(small passenger ferries)
41, 42, 82 and N make Giudecca an easy stop between San Marco and Dorsoduro.
Il Redentore
CHURCH
(Chiesa del SS Redentore; Campo del SS Redentore 194; admission €3, with Chorus Pass free;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat)
You can't miss Palladio's 1577 Il Redentore church, a triumph of white
marble along the Grand Canal celebrating the city's deliverance from the Black Death. In-
side above the portal, Paolo Piazza's strikingly modern 1619
Gratitude of Venice for Lib-
eration from the Plague
shows the city held aloft by angels in sobering shades of grey.
Survival is never taken for granted by Venetians, who walk across the Giudecca Canal on
a shaky pontoon bridge from the Zattere during Festa del Redentore.
Fortuny Tessuti Artistici
FACTORY OUTLET
( 041 522 40 78;
www.fortuny.com
; Fondamenta San Biagio 805; 10am-1pm & 2-6pm Mon-Sat;
Palanca)
Marcel Proust waxed rhapsodic over Fortuny's silken cottons printed with
boho-chic art nouveau patterns. Find out why at Fortuny's version of a factory and outlet
where visitors can browse 260 textile designs in the showroom. To see more of Fortuny's
original designs and his home studio, head to Museo Fortuny (
Click here
).
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Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
Chiesa di San Giorgio Maggiore
CHURCH
