Istanbul banker and patriarch of the Sephardic Camondo family, known as the Rothschild of the East. He founded a modern Jewish school in Istanbul and helped Italian unification, which made him an Italian count.
Banker and philanthropist · 1781–1873
Istanbul banker and patriarch of the Sephardic Camondo family, known as the Rothschild of the East. He founded a modern Jewish school in Istanbul and helped Italian unification, which made him an Italian count.
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