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Villa La Santarella

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Villa La Santarella
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The Vomero villa Eduardo Scarpetta built with the earnings from his comedy "Na santarella".

On via Luigia Sanfelice, on the edge of the Vomero, Villa La Santarella was designed by the engineer Gioacchino Luigi Mellucci for Eduardo Scarpetta.The name comes from one of his most successful comedies, "Na santarella": with the earnings from the show the playwright built himself the villa. On the façade there is an ironic inscription: "Qui rido io" ("Here I laugh").

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