Consiglio dei Cento

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The Council of the Hundred (Italian: Consiglio dei Cento ) of the city of Florence , which at its foundation consisted of 104 members, determined the politics of the city in the manner of a city ​​council .

Around 1296 the famous Italian poet Dante Alighieri was a member of this council.

The first regulation of the law of the sea in Europe arose in the Council of Hundred in Barcelona . Also had z. B. At the end of their campaigns, generals give an account to the Council of Hundred. The council meetings were held in what is now the oldest public building in Florence, the Bargello .