 Festa del Redentore

The Festa del Redentore is an event held in Venice the third Sunday of July where fireworks play an important role.The Redentore began as a feast – held on the day of the Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer – to give thanks for the end of the terrible plague of 1576, which killed 50,000 people, including the great painter Tiziano Vecellio (Titian).