Saint Maria of the Health is a basilica in Venice erected in the area of the Point of the Customs, from where is possible to see the panorama of the Basin of St. Mark and the Canal Grande. Planned by Baldassare Longhena with attention to the models of the Palladium, it is one of the best expressions of the Venetian Baroque architecture. Its construction represents an ex vote to the Madonna from the Venetians for the liberation from the plague that between 1630 and 1631 it decimated the population. When the plague ended they died 80.000 Venetians, and 600.000 in the territory of the Serenissima. November 28 th 1631 the first pilgrimage of thanks developed him.Every 21 November of the year is celebrated the Party of the Madonna of the Health