Banca Romana
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The Banca Romana was an Italian bank of issue founded in Rome in 1834. In 1850 it was reorganized as the Bank of the Papal States, which in 1870 itself changed its name to Banca Romana. In the late 18
Palazzo Gabrielli-Mignanelli in Rome, the bank's seat from 1834 to 1865
Palazzo Maffei Marescotti, seat of the Bank of the Papal States then the Banca Romana from 1865 to 1893
Banca Romana scandal
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The Banca Romana scandal surfaced in January 1893 in Italy over the bankruptcy of the Banca Romana, one of the six national banks authorised at the time to issue currency. The scandal was the first of
Banca Romana
…Banca dello Stato Pontificio), which in 1870 itself changed its name to Banca Romana. In the late 1880s, its difficulties developed into the major Banca Romana scandal which shook Italy's political life and triggered the creation in 1893 of the Bank of Italy. The Bank of Italy managed the Banca Romana's subsequent…
Banca Romana scandal trial
Giovanni Giolitti
Cartoon in the satirical magazine L'Asino (The Donkey) in June 1893, with Giolitti (right) and Tanlongo (left) taking money from the Pension Fund (Italian: Cassa Pensioni) represented as a safe (L'Asino, June 11, 1893)
Sitting in the Chamber of Deputees on 23 November 1893 (Illustrazione italiana)