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The Republic of Venice organized its first formal public bank in 1587, the Banco della Piazza di Rialto. This followed earlier proposals and the steady collapse during the 16th century of the Republic's private banks. Another public bank, the Banco del Giro, was established in 1619. [1]
The Banco del Giro on Rialto Square by Gabriele Bella (c.1780s), Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia. The Banco del Giro (Venetian: Banco del Ziro), also Banco Giro or Bancogiro, sometimes referred to in English as the Bank of Venice, was a public bank created by the Republic of Venice.
1157 – Bank established. [1] 1173 – Rialto Bridge made of wood opened, designed by Nicolò Barattieri. [8] 1204 – Fourth Crusade embarks from Venice. 1228 – Fondaco dei Tedeschi built. 1264 – Bridge built across Grand Canal. [5] 1291 – Glassmakers relocate to Murano.
The Republic of Venice, sometimes mistakenly credited with establishing a Bank of Venice in the 12th century, did not formally create a public bank until 1587. However in the 13th and 14th centuries its Grain Office did a banking business that included both deposits and lending. [ 133 ]
Italy had 11 banking group (excluding banking group that owned by foreign banks) that were supervised by the European Central Bank directly. According to Mediobanca, the overall number of banks and credits institutions in Italy stands at 439 in 2022, which is a sharp decrease from the 740 that were operating in 2011. [ 1 ]
Cosimo de' Medici, Florentine banker, who established his family, the Medici dynasty, as effective rulers of Florence Jakob Fugger, of the Fugger family Bindo Altoviti, famous patron of the arts, papal banker and grandnephew of Pope Innocent VIII Johann Hinrich Gossler (1738–90), of the Berenberg-Gossler family Philippine Welser, a member of the patrician Welser banking family, and the wife ...
The earliest known state deposit bank, Banco di San Giorgio (Bank of St. George), was founded in 1407 in Genoa, Italy, [8] while Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, founded in 1472, is the oldest surviving bank in the world.
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