YOU4419249: The Doge of Venice goes to the Salute of Venice, Every year on 21 November the Doge went to the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, edified in thanksgiving for the end of the plague of 1630, in order to thank the Virgin for this delivrance, a boat bridge allowed to cross the Grand Canal on this occasion, Painting by Francesco Guardi (1712- 1793). Photography, KIM Youngtae, Paris, Musee du Louvre., Guardi, Francesco (1712-93) / Bridgeman Images