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gonfaloniere
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gonfaloniere

In Medieval and Renaissance Italy, an official responsible for a specific area of a city. In Florence the title was attached to the chief member of the council of magistrates. The word derives from gonfalone (military banner), which, by extension, also came to mean a subdivision of a city with its own section of militia.
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