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venice 5 mins later

5 minutes later than the previous photo the sky turns a wonderful shade of orange over the church of Santa Maria della Salute.

 

In October of 1630, after nearly a third of Venice's 150,000 citizens had been killed by plague, the Venetian Senate made an offer to God: "Stop the plague, and we'll build a church to honor the Virgin Mary."

 

Guess what happened?......

 

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Uploaded on November 28, 2006
Taken on November 26, 2006