Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (Messina)

The Palazzo del Monte di Pietà is a palace in Messina, Sicily, located on via XXIV Maggio (formerly "via dei Monasteri").

The mount of piety of Messina was founded in 1581 by the Arciconfraternita degli Azzurri, and it was built on the ruins of a church dedicated to St.

A fountain decorated with a statue of Abundance, which was the work of Ignazio Buceti [de], was built in the middle of the staircase.

The ground floor has a central rusticated portal topped by a broken pediment, flanked by two windows on each side.

The first floor of the building, which was constructed in the 18th century, had an open balcony flanked by two windows on each side.

The Palazzo del Monte di Pietà before the earthquake of 1908
Portal of the Palazzo del Monte di Pietà
Surviving section of the campanile. Its top was destroyed in the 1908 earthquake