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- Nov 21, 168790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Santa Maria della Salute Is Consecrated on Venice's Bed of a Million Piles
- Venice's Senate decreed a new church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on 22 October 1630, after a plague that killed nearly a third of the population[3]
- Baldassare Longhena won the design competition (11 entries, Senate vote 66 to 29) with an octagonal Baroque design on a platform of about 1,000,000 wooden piles[3]
- Construction took some 50 years; the post gives consecration as 21 November 1687, while Wikipedia's infobox gives consecration 1681 and completion 1687[2][3]
- Each 21 November the Festa della Madonna della Salute is marked, with officials crossing the Grand Canal from San Marco on a temporary pontoon bridge; Venice chose it as its local holiday[2][3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=opfFYgcVvFoyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Nov 21, 1687 ✓· 33% of score
Wikipedia[3] and Venetian tourism histories date the consecration, by Patriarch Alvise Sagredo, to November 21, 1687 - still marked annually as the Festa della Salute.
- [2]65%Santa Maria della Salute and the Venetian holiday of her feastallaboutvenice.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
Independently corroborates the November 21, 1687 consecration date and the annual Festa della Salute tradition.[1]
- [3]80%Santa Maria della Salute - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
Wikipedia's article on the basilica describes the 1630 plague vow, the million-plus pile foundation, and dates completion to 1687.
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