Before revision: 235px|The Palace of the in Florence, now the Bargello museum (), also potestate or podesta in English, was the name given to the holder of the highest civil office in the government of the cities of Central and Northern Italy during the Late Middle Ages.
After revision: 235px|The Palace of the in Florence, now the Bargello museum (), also potestate or podesta in English, was the name given to the holder of the highest civil office in the government of the cities of central and northern Italy during the Late Middle Ages.