Palazzo Scarpetta, Palace in Chiaia, Naples, Italy

Palazzo Scarpetta is a monumental building at Via Vittoria Colonna 4 in the Chiaia district of Naples, constructed in 1880. Its atrium holds three statues that the actor Eduardo Scarpetta, who lived here, had sculpted to celebrate the success of his comedy Santarella.

Palazzo Scarpetta was built in 1880 on Via Vittoria Colonna in Chiaia, and the actor and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta lived there. The building is tied to his theatrical career, and its atrium holds three statues he had sculpted to mark the success of his comedy Santarella.

The three statues in the atrium were commissioned by Eduardo Scarpetta himself to mark the success of his comedy Santarella, the play that made him a star of Neapolitan theatre. The building on Via Vittoria Colonna, in Chiaia, still carries the name of the actor who lived there.

The palace stands at Via Vittoria Colonna 4, in the Chiaia district, a short walk from the Riviera di Chiaia seafront. It is a private residential building, so the entrance hall with the three statues is not open as a museum; visitors view the address from the street.

The three statues in the atrium were commissioned by Eduardo Scarpetta himself to mark the success of his comedy Santarella; they stand at Via Vittoria Colonna 4 in Chiaia, not in a noble residence of the Sanità.