Editing Podgorica (section)

===The Petrović and Karađorđević monarchies===
[[File:King_Nicholas_I_Monument_2.jpg|thumb|left|190px|[[Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš|King Nicholas I monument]]]]
After the [[Berlin Congress]] in 1878, Podgorica was annexed to the Principality of Montenegro, marking the end of four centuries of Ottoman rule, and the beginning of a new era for Podgorica and Montenegro. The first forms of capital concentration were seen in 1902 when roads were built to all neighboring towns, and tobacco became Podgorica's first significant commercial product. In 1904, a [[savings bank]] named Zetska formed the first significant financial institution; this would soon grow into Podgorička Bank.

[[Balkans Campaign (World War I)|World War I]] marked the end of dynamic development for Podgorica, which by then was the largest city in the newly proclaimed [[Kingdom of Montenegro]]. On 10 August 1914, nine military personnel and 13 civilians were killed in Podgorica from an aerial bombardment by [[Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops]].<ref name="NBP">{{cite news |url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/planeta.300.html:428126-Podgorica-Pustos-ostaje-ispod-bombi |author=Veliša Kadić |newspaper=[[Večernje novosti]] |title=Podgorica: Pustoš ostaje ispod bombi |language=sr |date=7 April 2013 |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922222036/http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/planeta.300.html:428126-Podgorica-Pustos-ostaje-ispod-bombi |url-status=live}}</ref> The city was bombed three more times in 1915.<ref name="NBP"/> Along with the rest of the Kingdom, Podgorica was occupied by [[Austria-Hungary]] from 1916 to 1918.

After the liberation by the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] in 1918, the controversial [[Podgorica Assembly]] marked the end of Montenegrin statehood, as Montenegro was merged with the [[Kingdom of Serbia]] and incorporated into the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes]]. The population of urban Podgorica during this interwar period was approximately 14,000.<ref name="PK">{{cite web |url=http://www.privrednakomora.me/saopstenja/imperijal-bio-najljepsi |work=Privredna komora Crne Gore |title="Imperijal" bio najljepši |language=sr |date=5 August 2013 |access-date=9 June 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806071902/http://www.privrednakomora.me/saopstenja/imperijal-bio-najljepsi }}</ref>

During the interwar period (1918–1941), Podgorica had public bathrooms as most residents did not have their own.<ref name="PK"/> However, the ''Imperial'' hotel built in 1925 had two bathrooms, which was unprecedented at the time.<ref name="PK"/> It was one of at least six hotels built in the city during the interwar period.<ref name="PK"/>