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Wikipedia: Podestà is the name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities, since the later Middle Ages, mainly as Chief magistrate of a city state (like otherwise styled counterparts in other cities, e.g. rettori "rectors"), but also as a local administrator, the representative of the (Holy Roman) Emperor. The term derives from the Latin word potestas, meaning power.
![[The Palace of the Podestà in Florence, now the Bargello museum]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Palazzo_del_Podest_C3_A0_old_s.jpg "The Palace of the Podestà in Florence, now the Bargello museum")
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