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!!!Basilica of St. Mary of Health

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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.