Monte di Pietà (Malta)
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The Monte di Pietà, formerly known as the Monte di Sant'Anna, is a charitable institution in Valletta, Malta which lends money to those in need at modest interest rates, on the security of gold, silve
Entrance hall
Monte di Sant' Anna (right) with later joined houses Casa Galea (middle) and Nunnery of St Ursula (left), together became known as the Monte di Pietà Buildings
Mount of piety
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A mount of piety is an institutional pawnbroker run as a charity in Europe from Renaissance times until today. Similar institutions were established in the colonies of Catholic countries; the Mexican
Monte di Pietà (Malta)
…Malta which lends money to those in need at modest interest rates, on the security of gold, silver or other precious articles given in pawn. It is a mount of piety, a type of Catholic institution for lending money exempt from the historic Catholic ban on usury. The institution was set up in 1598, was known in the…
Monte di Pietà building in Rome, rione Regola
Obligation of the Monte di Pietà della Citta di Firenze, issued 21 October 1719