Crossword clues for podesta
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Podesta \Po*des"ta\, n. [It. podest[`a], fr. L. potestas power, magistracy. See Potent.]
One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages.
--Brande & C.A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
Wiktionary
n. 1 One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. 2 A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
Wikipedia
Podesta is a phantom island reported at by the Italian Captain Pinocchio of the vessel Barone Podestà ( Hereward Carrington, Carrington Collection, page 21) in 1879 claiming it to be just over a kilometre in circumference located 1390 km due west of El Quisco, Chile. It was originally located 900 miles west of Chile's coast. The island was charted falsely until 1935, when it was removed from charts (marked "Existence Doubtful" by Defense Mapping Agency's 1975 Operation Navigational Chart R-22). The island has not been found since.
An island near Easter Island was sighted in 1912 but was likewise never seen again. Sarah Ann Island northwest of Easter Island was another island also removed from naval charts when a search in 1932 failed to find it.
Podestà is the name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities beginning in the later Middle Ages. Mainly it meant the chief magistrate of a city state, the counterpart to similar positions in other cities that went by other names, e.g. rettori ("rectors"), but it could also mean the local administrator, who was the representative of the Holy Roman Emperor. Currently, Podestà is the title of mayors in Italian-speaking municipalities of Graubünden in Switzerland.
The term derives from the Latin word potestas, meaning power. Like the Arabic term Sultan, originally meaning "power" or "authority", it eventually became the title of the person holding power.
A Podesta was a high official in the Italian republics of the medieval or early modern period.
Podesta may also refer to:
- Podesta (surname)
- The Podesta Group, a lobbying and public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C.
- Podesta (island), a phantom island
Podestá may refer to:
- Horacio Podestá (1911-1999), Argentine rower
- Inti Podestá (born 1978), Uruguayan footballer
- Jerónimo Podestá (1920-2000), Argentine bishop
In the past, a podestà was a high official in some Italian cities.
It may also refer to:
- Giovanni Andrea Podestà (1608 - c. 1674), Italian painter
- Guido Podestà, Italian politician
- Rossana Podestà, Italian actress
Podesta is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Heather Podesta (born 1970), American lobbyist
- John Podesta (born 1949), American lawyer, White House Chief of Staff of Bill Clinton
- Tony Podesta (born 1943), American lobbyist
Usage examples of "podesta".
Piazza of the Podestà, accompanied by several of his principal friends.
Piazza of the Podestà, and we can no longer entertain any hope of overcoming our enemies.
Then to Milan they actually sent Rainald and a Palatine count, to name the podestà, because the Milanese could not claim to acknowledge the imperial rights and then elect their consuls on their own.
In the Piazza Maggiore a monk was suspended in a wire cage from the Palazzo del Podestà, having been caught coming out of a house on the Street of the Bordellos.
Messer Simone may be seen in the palace of the Podestà, carved in marble by his orders, according to the custom of those who held that office.
Palace of the Podestà, to make inquiry of each other what of good had been done in the city during the month.
They have seen the now vacant streets thronged with maskers, and the Venetian Podestà going in gorgeous state to and from the vast Palazzo della Ragione.
Guido had excommunicated the podestà, and the latter had issued a prohibition against selling and buying or making any contract with ecclesiastics.
Ottolini, the Podesta of Bergamo, an instrument of tyranny in the hands of the State inquisitors, then harassed the people of Bergamo and Brescia, who, after the reduction of Mantua, wished to be separated from Venice.
She handed one each to the podesta, the commander of the garrison, one of the priests, and the hugest of the Knights.
They forgot that I was a citizen of Venice, and that the podesta could not pass such a sentence upon me without exposing himself to legal proceedings.
A council was held, and the Podesta with the Governor of the city dug up the grave, and found half the shroud absorbed through the mouth and throat into the stomach, and consumed.
To remove the cause of those enmities which had been observed to arise from judicial decisions, they provided two judges from some other state,--one called captain of the people, the other podesta, or provost,--whose duty it was to decide in cases, whether civil or criminal, which occurred among the people.