Palazzo Mastelloni, Palace in Piazza Carità, Naples, Italy

Palazzo Mastelloni stands at Piazza Carità 6, along via Toledo in Naples. The rococo building, reworked by Nicola Tagliacozzi Canale after 1732, has facades and a portal decorated with stuccoes. In the courtyard, an open staircase with two symmetrical curved flights is the element most often noted.

The building appeared on maps as early as 1566 and has remained a landmark in the neighborhood for centuries. It underwent major restoration work after an earthquake in the early 1700s reshaped its structure.

The palace sits within a densely built neighborhood and reflects how the local nobility once lived in the city. The facade still shows traces of its former importance as the residence of an influential family.

The palace sits in the heart of the old city, close to other historic churches and museums in the area. Its location makes it easy to explore the neighborhood on foot and visit multiple sites in one day.

Luisa Sanfelice, who lived in the palace with her husband Andrea, was arrested here in 1799 and later executed; her case became one of the best-known episodes of the short-lived Parthenopean Republic. The building is also called Palazzo Mastellone, after the princes of Salza Irpina who bought it whole in 1732.