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Council of Ten

For the Council of Ten in the peace negotiations in Versailles after the World War I, see Treaty of Versailles § Negotiations.
"The Ten" in Francesco Hayez's The Death of the Doge Marin Faliero (1867)

The Council of Ten (Italian: Consiglio dei Dieci; Venetian: Consejo de i Diexe), or simply the Ten, was from 1310 to 1797 one of the major governing bodies of the Republic of Venice. Elections took place annually and the Council of Ten had the power to impose punishments upon patricians. The Council of Ten had a broad jurisdictional mandate over matters of state security. The Council of Ten and the Full College constituted the inner circle of oligarchical patricians who effectively ruled the Republic of Venice.


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Съвет на десетте Bulgarian Consell dels Deu Catalan Rat der Zehn German Συμβούλιο των Δέκα Greek Consejo de los Diez Spanish Conseil des Dix French Tízek Tanácsa Hungarian Consiglio dei Dieci Italian 十人委員会 (ヴェネツィア共和国) Japanese 10인 위원회 (베네치아) Korean

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