Palazzo Caracciolo di Santobuono, Palace in Naples, Italy

Palazzo Caracciolo di Santobuono is a monumental palace on via San Giovanni a Carbonara in Naples, built in 1584 by the princes of Caracciolo di Santobuono on the site of an earlier urban castle. Two very tall portals open onto a porticoed courtyard with piperno pillars, the 16th-century cloister, followed by a second courtyard now used as an open-air garden. The building has four floors, and traces of a frescoed ceiling survive on the piano nobile.

The palace was founded in 1584 by the Caracciolo di Santobuono family, who received the land from King Robert of Anjou, which had been granted to Landolfo Caracciolo. Over the centuries, the building evolved while maintaining key features of its original structure.

The palace takes its name from the Caracciolo di Santobuono princes, who built it in 1584 on the site of an urban castle granted to Landolfo Caracciolo by King Robert of Anjou in the early 14th century. In the noble floor, traces of a painted ceiling survive; the building now houses a hotel.

The palace stands on via San Giovanni a Carbonara, near the gate that once served the episcopal district. It has four floors, and the piano nobile keeps traces of a frescoed ceiling. Since 2026 it operates as a hotel; the two tall portals open onto the porticoed courtyard with piperno pillars and a second courtyard now used as an open-air garden.

The palace stands on the site of an urban castle that King Robert of Anjou gave to Landolfo Caracciolo in the early 14th century, and its position near the gate serving the episcopal district made it useful for the city's defence. In 1799 it lodged General Jean Étienne Championnet.