Bartolomeo Marchionni, «homem de grossa fazenda» (ca. 1450-1530)

Bartolomeo Marchionni has been one of the most famous foreign merchant-bankers who worked in Portugal during the rise of the Portuguese empire. He was active in Lisbon in a time of great development of European economy and its relations with Africa and Asia. Marchionni spread the news about the great geographical discoveries and acted as a reference for men and capitals arriving in Lisbon from different markets of the Old Continent.