Antonio Barbaro

Antonio Barbaro (1627–1678), son of Marc'Antonio, was a Venetian general and governor, a member of the patrician Barbaro family of Venice (now Italy), who held positions in Crete, Dalmatia and Rome. Barbaro lived at a time when Venice had a maritime empire in the Mediterranean.

Barbaro served in Candia (now Heraklion), Crete during the long-lasting Siege of Candia. He was Captain of the Gulf from 1655 to 1656, and in 1667 he became Provveditore generale di Candia.

Antonio Barbaro was Podesta of Padua in 1672. In 1676 he served as an ambassador to Rome.

The façade shows has bas-reliefs with plans for the cities Rome, Corfu, Padua, Candia, Spalatro, and Pavia; All of the statues are probably the work of Josse de Corte. and thought that the poverty of the last members of the Barbaro family was justice for the family having rebuilt the Church as a monument to themselves.

Barbaro was praised by Gabriele d'Annunzio during his declaration in Zara in 1918.