Santa Maria della Salute in Venice was designed by Baldassare Longhena, chosen from a design competition. The Senate decreed it on October 22, 1630, as a votive offering for the end of the plague, and construction began in 1631. The infobox gives completion as 1687, while the text says it was completed in 1681.
The octagonal Baroque plan has two domes and two bell towers, and the text also cites Palladian and Byzantine influences. It is built of Istrian stone and marmorino on about 1,000,000 wooden piles. The infobox gives a length of 230 feet (70 m) and a width of 154 feet (47 m).
Titian's The Descent of the Holy Spirit and Luca Giordano altarpieces are inside. A Byzantine icon arrived in Venice in 1670 and stands on the high altar. It is a minor basilica, with an annual procession and service on November 21.
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