The beginnings of the Italian Court, a complex of the former mint, with a royal palace and chapel, reach back to the reign of King Wenceslas II in 1283-1305. The mint consisted of smithies surrounding a courtyard, and the minting chamber called Preghaus, where the Prague groschen were minted. At the beginning of the 15th century, King Wenceslas commissioned the construction of state rooms and residential premises, with a tower and chapel, and royal treasures were moved here. The complex includes the Royal Audience Hall, where the Decree of Kutná Hora was issued in 1409 and changed the representation of nations in the bodies of Charles University of Prague to the benefit of the Czechs. Wladyslaw Jagiello was elected King of Bohemia here in 1471.