I selve Venedig var der en tidlig reaktion på [[Barokken|barokarkitekturens]] excesser, og denne reaktion gav sig udtryk i en tilbagevenden til paladianske principper.
De tidligste neopalladianere var to samtidige, begge uddannet som murere, Domenico Rossi (1657-1737) <ref>Rossi built the new façade for the rebuilt [[:en:San Stae|Sant'Eustachio]], known in Venice as San Stae, 1709, which was among the most sober in a competition that was commemorated with engravings of the submitted designs, and he rebuilt [[:en:Ca' Corner della Regina, Venice|Ca' Corner della Regina]], 1724–27 (Deborah Howard and Sarah Quill, ''The Architectural history of Venice'', 2002: 238f).</ref> og Andrea Tirali (1657-1737).<ref>His façade of [[:en:San Vidal, Venice|San Vidal]] is a faithful restatement of Palladio's [[:en:San Francesco della Vigna|San Francesco della Vigna]] and his masterwork is [[:en:Tolentini, Venice|Tolentini, Venice]], 1706–14 (Howard and Quill 2002)</ref>
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