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XRH1709218: counter in Mont de Piete in Paris in 1946, Mont de Piété (also Monti di pietà, montes pietatis) is an institution to lend money to the poor at little or no interest, first established in the 15th century in Italie , a time when lending to the poor was as much a work of mercy as giving to them. / Bridgeman Images