Palazzetto Coppedè, Palace in central Messina, Italy.

Palazzetto Coppedè is a triangular eclectic building with rounded corners, built from December 1915 to February 1917 on Via Garibaldi at its crossing with Via Cardines. Its two facades carry biforas, prosopomorphic masks, zoomorphic gargoyles, merloned balustrades and smooth plaster panels once filled with coloured graffiti. The balcony railings bear crab and eagle motifs, and the crab is the detail that identifies the building.

The building was constructed between 1915 and 1917 as the headquarters for Banco Cerruti. After World War II, it underwent modifications including the addition of an extra floor designed by engineer Giuseppe Mallandrino.

The crab in the balcony railings gives the building its popular name, Palazzo del Granchio; eagles also appear in the ironwork. The facades carry prosopomorphic masks, zoomorphic gargoyles and merloned balustrades, and the smooth plaster once held coloured graffiti inserts, neglected in the post-war rebuilding. A corner terrace once displayed Coppedè's large relief of the Lion of Saint Mark, destroyed in the World War II bombings.

The building stands at the corner of Via Garibaldi and Via Cardines and is easy to reach on foot. Its location in the city center makes it simple to view while walking through downtown.

The crab that gives the building its popular name sits in the balcony railings, alongside eagle motifs. A large relief of the Lion of Saint Mark once stood on the corner terrace, also by Coppedè, but it fell during the World War II bombings and was not restored.