Il Redentore on the island of Giudecca in Venice was designed by Andrea Palladio for the Senate of the Republic of Venice as a votive church thanking God for the end of the plague of 1575 to 1576. The cornerstone was laid on May 3, 1577, and it was consecrated in 1592. The infobox gives completion as 1592, and the text gives no completion date.
The infobox lists Renaissance. The Senate wanted a square plan, but Palladio designed a single nave with three chapels on each side. The church is 246 feet (75 m) long and 98 feet (30 m) wide, with white stucco and gray stone inside and an uninterrupted Corinthian order.
The facade has a triangular pediment over a larger lower one and 15 entrance steps. Capuchin friars took it over after consecration, and it hosts the Festa del Redentore each July. The article gives no visiting hours.
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