Italy - Venice - Grand Canal & Basilica Santa Maria della Salute durning early morning
The Grand Canal - Canal Grande - Canałasso is a canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses - vaporetti and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola. At one end the canal leads into the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin: in between it makes a large S-shape through the central districts (sestieri) of Venice. It is 3,800 m long, 30–90 m wide, with an average depth of five meters (16.5 ft).
The Basilica of St Mary of Health - Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. It stands on a narrow finger of land between the Grand Canal and the Bacino di San Marco making the church visible when entering the Piazza San Marco from the water. The Salute is part of the parish of the Gesuati and is the most recent of the so-called Plague-churches. In 1630 Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute). The church was designed in the then fashionable baroque style by Baldassare Longhena, who studied under the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi. Construction began in 1631. Most of the objects of art housed in the church bear references to the Black Death. The dome of the Salute was an important addition to the Venice skyline and soon became emblematic of the city, inspiring artists like Canaletto, J. M. W. Turner, John Singer Sargent and Francesco Guardi.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: 24.00 - 105.00 mm; Focal length: 60.00 mm; Aperture: 22; Exposure time: 32.0 s; ISO: 100
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Brinks mat. (4 months ago | reply)
Stunning ..
Zed The Dragon (4 months ago | reply)
Great shot, have a nice day :)
-Zed The Dragon-
Gregor Samsa (4 months ago | reply)
blue ...
Ben124. (4 months ago | reply)
Great place!
oatjiro (4 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful composed and great technique!
Mariovar [deleted] (4 months ago | reply)
great blue hour shot
Mr. dEvEn (4 months ago | reply)
Superb !!!
vessy.buzz✿ (4 months ago | reply)
Lovely!
Dominique Rolland * (4 months ago | reply)
Adorable et très Belle
Merci Beaucoup
Domi
John A.Hemmingsen (4 months ago | reply)
awesome details, great long exposure !!
Robert Wilson Photography (4 months ago | reply)
A beautiful photo, love the colours.
Sonja Blanco (4 months ago | reply)
Great blue hour!
markescapes (4 months ago | reply)
Lovely image.
The Spencer Photography (✔ *Burgh Verified*) [deleted] (4 months ago | reply)
stunning colors!!
Wildlife & Nature Photography (4 months ago | reply)
Without a shadow of a doubt, one of the nicest images I've seen for quite some time from Venice. And I've seen quite a few.
eukap (4 months ago | reply)
great capture
Kal04nia (4 months ago | reply)
You have captured this beautifully, love the mood/tone. Wish I was there again!!
Manny A (4 months ago | reply)
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
karen and mc (4 months ago | reply)
Great city so beautifully captured with the long exposure!
macg5555 (4 months ago | reply)
la luz y la gama tonal son excelentes.
Mansour. F (4 months ago | reply)
wonderful shot
nice city
coreypaganophotography (4 months ago | reply)
nice
bern.arbraz (4 months ago | reply)
magnifique ! j'adore
toti camacho (4 months ago | reply)
me encanta!
s0ulsurfing (4 months ago | reply)
amazing blues
sblinn (4 months ago | reply)
Great colors! Not just the blue, but the flags in the left side are wonderful, too.
Xevi V (4 months ago | reply)
Nice work!
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
Jenamnatam (4 months ago | reply)
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
Super !
Sunrise@dawn 風傳影像 (4 months ago | reply)
Sublime, my friend……. ^^
buddy adams (4 months ago | reply)
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
pepebarambio (4 months ago | reply)
Excelente
kingsriram (4 months ago | reply)
Awesome...
JOSEF. (4 months ago | reply)
great capture ..
Sultan Alotaibi (4 months ago | reply)
great tone
BADER DHAIFALLAH (4 months ago | reply)
Great colors
c.genghini (4 months ago | reply)
Splendita
Maria Rosaria Sannino/images and words (4 months ago | reply)
Awesome shot
adelarad21 (4 months ago | reply)
Bellísimo ángulo y tonalidades !!!
DiamantThomy (4 months ago | reply)
Nice
pete214peg (4 months ago | reply)
Love your work Lucie ! Beautiful capture .
Mux35 (4 months ago | reply)
wonderful work! congrats!
Max IK7TOE (4 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
cabe26 (4 months ago | reply)
Excellent blues here, well done
Transmontano (4 months ago | reply)
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sureed ahmed (4 months ago | reply)
nice work..
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
m-samandary (4 months ago | reply)
wow! so so beautiful view and shot!
4ced2think (4 months ago | reply)
Stunning!
paramonguino (4 months ago | reply)
☆Brilliant Photography☆
