The Gran Loggia d'Italia degli A.L.A.M. (the

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stands for Antichi Liberi e Accettati Muratori), known in

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as the

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of the A.F.A.M. (the acronym stands for Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), is a Continental Freemasonic organization based at Palazzo Vitelleschi, in

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. It was founded in 1910 as a schism from the

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. They are a member of the CLIPSAS, the international association of liberal Freemasonic jurisdictions. They were known popularly as the "

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" Freemasons, due to their former headquarters at the Piazza del Gesù, 47 in

Philanthropic activities

During the outbreak of the

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(2020), the Gran Loggia d'Italia degli A.L.A.M. made a 100.000 euro donation in favour to the

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References

External links

Gran Loggia d'Italia degli A.L.A.M. (official website)
1910 establishments in Italy Freemasonry in Italy Italy, Grand Lodge of Organizations established in 1910 {{freemasonry-stub