lonja
Sign in to savethumb|The Llotja de Mar thumb|The Llotja de Sant Jordi thumb|The Llotja de la Seda, Valencia thumb|The Llotja de Castelló d'Empúries Llotja (, plural ); in ; in ; is a Catalan term for important buildings used for commercial purposes during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Ages. and lodge are cognates.
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Valencia, loggia della seta, interno, sala delle contrattazioni, 01,0.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- Historical stock exchanges in Spain
- different from
- fish auction
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~3 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Llotges in the former Crown of Aragon
- Lonjas in the rest of Spain
- Casa de Contratación de Indias
thumb|The Llotja de Mar thumb|The Llotja de Sant Jordi thumb|The Llotja de la Seda, Valencia thumb|The Llotja de Castelló d'Empúries Llotja (, plural ); in ; in ; is a Catalan term for important buildings used for commercial purposes during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Ages. and lodge are cognates.
Many were used during the Medieval Ages for fishing and livestock markets or by brokers who used to make intermediaries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “lonja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.