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The pontoon bridge over the Giudecca Canal to the Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore |
For more views of the Festa del Redentore from different perspectives and prior years--including what it's like to be on a boat in the
bacino of San Marco with fireworks exploding almost directly above your head--see:
2014: "Seeing, Feeling, Breathing Fireworks":
http://veneziablog.blogspot.it/2014/07/festa-del-redentore-2014-seeing-feeling.html
2013: "7 Views of Redentore (on Sant' Elena)":
http://veneziablog.blogspot.it/2013/07/7-views-of-la-festa-del-redentore.html
2012: 16 images of the fireworks behind the church of Santa Maria della Salute, taken from the Grand Canal (the Giglio stop):
http://veneziablog.blogspot.it/2012/07/festa-del-redentore-2012-fireworks.html
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Swept away by "selfie" mania in the basin of San Marco 4 hours before the fireworks began at 11:30 |
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Space along the waterfront of the Giudecca Canal with a view of the fireworks was in great demand, but a good many people set up on side canals (as above), perhaps trusting in their ability to create some fireworks of their own |
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What everyone was waiting for |
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In spite of unrelenting heat and humidity, the party continued on the steps of Il Redentore--and elsewhere--well after the firework show had concluded
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