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
The Monte della Redenzione degli Schiavi, often simply known as the Monte di Redenzione, was a Maltese institution set up to finance the redemption of Maltese people enslaved by Ottomans or Barbary pi
Monte di Pietà (Malta)
…1720–1721 and 1724 respectively. On 28 June 1787, Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc consolidated the funds of the Monte di Pietà with those of the Monte della Redenzione degli Schiavi, an institution which had been set up by Alof de Wignacourt in 1607 in order to redeem Christian slaves in Muslim territories. The two institutions…
Coat of arms of the Monte di Redenzione at Selmun Palace
Mistra Gate (top), a farmhouse near the gate (middle) and Selmun Palace (bottom), all of which formed part of the Monte's estate in Selmun
Mistra Gate
Mistra Gate building