Casa della Pietà, Renaissance palace in Piazza dei Signori, Verona, Italy.

Casa della Pietà occupies the west side of Piazza dei Signori in Verona, between the Loggia del Consiglio and the Domus Nova. Its sober Renaissance facade, given its present form around 1490, has a stone aedicula at the centre with a bas-relief of a seated woman holding a banner inscribed "Fide et Charitate in aeternum non deficiam".

The houses along the west side of Piazza dei Signori, between the Loggia del Consiglio and the Domus Nova, belonged in the Middle Ages to the Scaligeri and then to the Camera Fiscale. In 1407 they were partly owned by the notary Tommaso di Montalbano and partly by Leone dei Confalonieri, and later sold to Galasso Pio da Carpi for 314.5 gold ducats. By 1490 they belonged to the Casa della Pietà, which likely renovated them into the current Renaissance facade.

The facade displays a stone niche with a relief of a seated woman holding a banner. The inscription speaks of faith and charity, values that have defined the building's role in the city over the centuries.

Ground floor access to the shops is straightforward during normal business hours. The location on the main square makes orientation easy, and you can view the facade from multiple angles around the plaza.

The stone aedicula in the centre of the facade carries a bas-relief of a seated woman holding a banner inscribed «Fide et Charitate in aeternum non deficiam». Tradition holds that the figure represents Verona resting, assured of the protection of the Republic of Venice, and that it is a copy of a painting two Veronese ambassadors brought to Venice in 1675.