Example sentences for: longhena

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  • Where the Grand Canal empties into the lagoon stands the imposing church of Santa Maria della Salute — “la Salute” to the Venetians — is the masterpiece of Baldassare Longhena, built to mark the city’s deliverance from a plague in 1630.

  • To the west of the Accademia, the Ca’ Rezzonico is another canal-side design of Longhena, completed in the 18th century and now a museum (reopened in 2000) dedicated to those swan-song years of the Venice’s Most Serene Republic, la Serenissima.

  • Back on the Grand Canal again: Longhena’s exuberant Baroque Ca’ Pesaro is now the town’s Modern Art Gallery, devoted principally to a small but impressive collection of purchases from the Venice Biennale exhibitions.


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