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sake 'eyes') in 1910. Now it hosts his archive and international exhibitions of contempor-
ary art and photography.
The views of San Marco and the Punta della Dogana alone are worth the visit.
CHIESA DEL SANTISSIMO REDENTORE
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CHURCH
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(Church of the Redeemer; Campo del SS Redentore 194; adult/reduced/child €3/1.50/free or with Chorus Pass;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat; Redentore)
Built to celebrate the city's deliverance from the Black Death,
Palladio's Il Redentore was completed under Antonio da Ponte (of Rialto bridge fame) in
1592. Inside there are works by Tintoretto, Veronese and Vivarini, but the most striking is
Paolo Piazza's 1619
Gratitude of Venice for Liberation from the Plague
.
Survival is never taken for granted in this tidal town, and to give thanks during the
Festa
del Redentore
(Feast of the Redeemer;
www.turismovenezia.it
)
Venetians have been making the pilgrim-
age across the canal on a shaky pontoon bridge from the Zattere since 1578.
CHIESA DI SANT'EUFEMIA
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CHURCH
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( 041 532 29 20; Fondamenta Sant'Eufemia 680; by appointment for groups of 20 or more; Palanca)
Four women saints were crowded under the roof of the original AD 890 church here, but
Sts Dorothy, Tecla and Erasma weren't as big a draw as Byzantine Christian martyr Eu-
phemia. She was thrown to hungry lions, but after biting off her hand, the lions refused to
eat her holy virgin flesh. The simple Veneto-Byzantine structure you see today dates from
the 14th century.
FORTUNY TESSUTI ARTISTICI
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FACTORY OUTLET
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( 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 outlet. Visitors can
browse 260 textile designs in the showroom, but fabrication methods have been jealously
guarded in the garden studio for a century. To see more of Fortuny's original designs and
his home studio, head over to Museo Fortuny (
Click here
).
GIUDECCA 795
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ART GALLERY
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(
340 879 83 27;
www.giudecca795.com
; Fondamenta San Biagio 795;
11am-7pm Tue-Sun Apr-Oct, 4.30-7pm
Palanca)
Founded to promote local artists of all kinds, this quirky and
Tue-Sun Nov-Mar;
