The Redentore Feast-day July 15, 2006

The Redentore is one of the Venetians’ most treasured festivities, and is a tourist attraction thanks to the spectacular firework display in the evening.

It falls on the third Sunday in July, when Holy Mass is held in the presence of the Patriarch, followed by a religious procession.

But the special moment of the festivity takes place on Saturday night: with the unbeatable backdrop of Saint Mark’s Basin, a play of lights and reflections produce a kaleidoscope of colours with the silhouetted spires, domes and bell towers of the city behind.

The weekend ends with a gondola regatta.

Program:
Saturday 15:
7 pm the official opening of the votive bridge
9.30pm Musical Band of Tessera
11.30 pm Fireworks
Sunday 16:
11am Iole Regatta "Open"
Regatta 4 di coppia Cadetti Ragazzi

Voga alla veneta Regattas (Rowing season)
4.00 pm two-oared pupparini (very young)
4.45 pm two-oared pupparini
5.30 pm two-oared gondolas

7.00pm Solemn votive Mass presided over by the Patriarch and civic authorities ; this ends in the procession with the Holy Sacrament and the blessing of the city.

Official Website: http://www.ktraveler.com/Notizia.asp?id=0057&Lingua=IT&idcat=1