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Three years passed without a bank, and then the Senate passed essentially the same act again. This bank, the Banco della Piazza di Rialto, was a full-reserve bank guaranteed and inspected by the state that dealt only in deposits and transfers. Cheque service was added in 1593 with a law that required citizens to settle all bills of exchange at ...
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.
Pages in category "Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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. [ 131 ]
Bank of California ad, 1870. The Bank of California financed a number of mining operations of the Comstock Lode, and repossessed some mines when their owners defaulted, and ultimately generated enormous profits as a result. [7] However, Ralston sometimes lent money to mine owners in circumstances that would inevitably lead to default and ...
The Venice celery strike of 1936 was a labor action in Venice, California (in Los Angeles County) that lasted from April 20, 1936 to May 27, 1936. [1] [2] A 1938 history of Asian-American and Latino/Hispanic labor action prepared by the Federal Writers' Project stated that the strike was called by CUCOM (Confederación de Unión Campesinos y Obreros Mexicanos) in order to negotiate "higher ...
The Full College comprised the Doge of Venice and the rest of the Signoria—the six ducal councillors and the three heads of the Council of Forty—as well as three sets of savi ('sages'), boards with particular responsibilities: the six Savi del Consiglio, the five Savi di Terraferma (responsible for financial and military affairs), and the Savi agli Ordini (responsible for maritime matters ...
Commissioned by real estate developer Abbot Kinney as part of his "Venice of America", the pier was 1,600 ft (490 m) long. [1] The Ship Cafe was built at the same time, [2] and was originally intended to be a full-service resort "with sleeping apartments, a restaurant, a kitchen, office and all of the appointments of the modern hotel".