Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (Messina)
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The palazzo del Monte di pietà was a building on via XXIV Maggio (once "via dei Monasteri") in Messina. Designed by Natale Masuccio
in 1616 for the Arciconfraternita degli Azzurri, it was severely damaged by the 1908 earthquake
and only its facade now remains.
Natale Masuccio
Natale Masuccio was an Italian architect and Jesuit. Trained in Rome, he was expelled from the order in 1616. He mainly worked in Sicily on Jesuit projects, such as redesigning the Church of the Gesu in Palermo and designing the Jesuit complexes at Trapani , Messina and Sciacca and the Jesuit...
in 1616 for the Arciconfraternita degli Azzurri, it was severely damaged by the 1908 earthquake
1908 Messina earthquake
The 1908 Messina earthquake and tsunami took some 100,000–200,000 lives on December 28, 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy.-Quake:On December 28, 1908 from about 05:20 to 05:21 an earthquake of 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale occurred centered on the of city Messina, in Sicily. Reggio...
and only its facade now remains.