Un posto al sole

Un posto al sole (English: A Place in the Sun) is an Italian soap opera which has been broadcast by Rai 3 since 1996. It is set in a fictional apartment building called Palazzo Palladini, located seaside in the Naples neighborhood of Posillipo. Un posto al sole is the first soap opera ever produced in Italy,^[1] and the longest running.^[2]

Un posto al sole
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Wayne Doyle Gino Ventriglia Adam Bowen Michele Zatta
Directed by	Bruno De Paola
Starring	Luisa Amatucci Alberto Rossi Giorgia Gianetiempo Germano Bellavia Antonella Prisco Francesco Vitiello Ilenia Lazzarin Marina Giulia Cavalli Patrizio Rispo Marzio Honorato Luca Turco Marina Tagliaferri Manuel D'Angelo Gennaro De Simone Daniela Ioia Luigi Miele Vladimir Randazzo Maurizio Aiello Gina Amarante Miriam Candurro Michelangelo Tommaso Nina Soldano Riccardo Polizzy Carbonelli
Theme music composer	Antonio Annona
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	30
No. of episodes	6,830
Production
Producer	Alessandro Passante
Production location	Naples
Cinematography	Vincenzo Calò
Editor	Raffaele Landolfi
Running time	20 minutes
Production companies	Rai Fiction FremantleMedia Italia Centro di produzione Rai di Napoli
Original release
Network	Rai 3
Release	21 October 1996 (1996-10-21) – present

It is an original series created by Wayne Doyle, Adam Bowen and Gino Ventriglia with the collaboration of Michele Zatta, and it employs similar production methods to the Australian soap opera Neighbours from the same original producers Reg Grundy Organisation/Fremantle.^[3] American comedian Conan O'Brien appeared in a cameo on the show in 2018.^[4]

Episode 6830 of Un posto al sole will air on November 28, 2025.