Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SPA is perhaps the oldest surviving bank in the world. Founded in 1472 by the Magistrate of the city state of Siena, Italy, it has been operating ever since. Today it consists of approximately 1,800 branches, 28,000 employees and 4.5 million customers in Italy, as well as branches and businesses abroad. Its headquarters in the Palazzo Salimbeni in Siena are host to a magnificent art collection and a large number of priceless historical documents spanning the centuries of its existence. However, this collection is not usually open to the public. The essential function of a bank is to provide services related to the storing of deposits and the extending of credit. ... Events February 20 - The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland Discovery of Newfoundland by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page is about Siena, Italy. ...
This is the context in which SienasMontedi Pietà was founded in 1472 by the Magistrates of the Republic of Siena, independently of any direct or indirect action on the part of the Franciscans.
The new institution called MontedeiPaschidiSiena was created by a vote of the Magistrates and people of Siena, with Grand-Ducal rescript, on 30 December 1622 and subsequently established as a foundation on 2 November 1624.
The rapid growth of MontedeiPaschisbanking activities was soon accompanied, from the mid-1800s, by a broad territorial expansion.
In Via Banchi di Sopra si apre la P i a z z a S a l i m b e n i circondata, sui suoi tre lati, edifici che oggi ospitano il MontedeiPaschidiSiena, una delle più prestigiose banche d'Europa.
Monte, quindi, fu una pubblica cassa e, per iniziativa spontanea di quel comune, nasce in Siena anche un Montedi Pietà o Monte Pio, per attenuare il più possibile gli esosi prestiti effettuati da privati, mercanti, patrizi ed ebrei.
Grazie al Monte tanti capolavori esulati degli ultimi tre secoli tornano oggi in questa città diSiena che lo vide nascere col fiorire della grandezza della sua Repubblica.
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