A beautiful church to visit, with great historical significance and tradition in Venice. Each year in the third weekend in July, there is a festival to commemorate the ending of the Bubonic Plague in the 1500's here, and a bridge made of barges is built from mainland Venice to Giudecca. Read more here: http://www.carnivalpalace.com/redentore_festival_venice_2014_03en36182en.htm