[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Basilica of St. Mary of Health [{Image src='790it.jpg' width='650' height='487' alt='Basilica of St. Mary of Health' class='image_left' popup='false'}] [{SET customtitle='Basilica of St. Mary of Health'}] \\ A view of the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (Basilica of St. Mary of Health) [{GoogleMap location='Santa Maria della Salute, Fondamenta Salute, Venedig, Italien' zoom='15'}] in Venice, a church constructed as a votive offering for the citys deliverance from a particularly devastating plague in 1630. Construction began in 1631 but was not completed until five decades later, in 1681.