Hvar Theatre, Renaissance theatre in Hvar, Croatia.

Hvar Theatre occupies the upper floor of the Arsenal, a 1612 addition above the ship stores. Its main entrance opens onto the Belvedere terrace, which overlooks St Stephen's Square. Above the door is the Latin inscription "ANNO SECVNDO PACIS MDCXII". The hall keeps 1803 loges and two murals: an 1819 fresco of an unknown city by Pietro Galasso and a 1900 wall painting of the former Rector's Palace by Nicola Marchi.

Hvar Theatre was built in 1612 as an addition to the second floor of the Arsenal, during the rule of Venetian rector Pietro Semitecolo. It opened to all social classes from its founding, an attempt to ease tensions between the local aristocracy and commoners after the Hvar uprising. After Teatro Olimpico (1585) and Teatro all'Antica (1588–1590), it was the third roofed theatre house in Europe.

The theatre's name appears in a Latin inscription above the main entrance, "ANNO SECVNDO PACIS MDCXII", marking 1612 as the second year of peace between the town's aristocracy and commoners. In the 19th century, under Austrian rule, carnival seasons brought dramatic plays and masked balls, with more than thirty plays staged in some seasons. Since 1969 the Hvar Folk Theatre has represented the town's theatrical life in Croatia and abroad.

The main entrance is on the second floor, reached by a stairway leading to the Belvedere terrace, which looks out over St Stephen's Square. Above the door is the Latin inscription "ANNO SECVNDO PACIS MDCXII", marking 1612, the second year of peace between the town's nobles and commoners.

Above the main entrance is a Latin inscription reading "ANNO SECVNDO PACIS MDCXII", marking 1612 as the theatre's founding and the second consecutive year of peace between the town's aristocracy and commoners. The entrance opens onto a terrace called Belvedere, which looks over Saint Stephen's Square.