Editing Sassari (section)

===Modern history===
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[[File:Sassari carmona 2.jpg|thumb|Sassari view in 16th century]]
[[File:Ingresso a Sassari.jpg|thumb|[[Giovanni Maria Angioy]], the Emissary of the [[List of viceroys of Sardinia|Viceroy]] enters Sassari (1795).]]
After the end of the Spanish period following the European wars of the early 18th century, the brief period of [[Holy Roman Empire|Austrian]] rule (1708–1717) was succeeded by domination by the Piedmontese, who then took over the title of [[Kingdom of Sardinia]] (1720–1861). In 1795 an anti-feudal uprising broke out in the town, led by the Emissary of the [[List of viceroys of Sardinia|Viceroy]] [[Giovanni Maria Angioy]], a Sardinian civil servant, who later fought unsuccessfully against the [[house of Savoy]]. The city was occupied by troops at the time.  The dynasty of the Piedmontese King of Sardinia went on to the monarchs of Italy. Sassari, along with the rest of Italy, became part of the newly created [[unification of Italy|Kingdom of Italy]].

At the end of the 18th century, the [[University of Sassari|university]]  was restored. In 1836, after six hundred years, the [[city wall|medieval walls]] were partially demolished, allowing the town to expand. New urban plans were developed, on the model of the capital of the new regime ([[Turin]]), with geometric streets and squares.

Sassari became an important industrial center. In the 19th century, it was the second most important town in what was to become the future Italy for the production of [[leather]], and in 1848 the Sassarese entrepreneur [[Giovanni Antonio Sanna]] gained control of the mine at [[Montevecchio]], becoming the third richest man in the new Kingdom of Italy. The first railway was opened in 1872.

In 1877, the old [[Crown of Aragon|Aragonese]] castle was demolished, and on the site the "Caserma La Marmora" was built, where the headquarters of "[[Sassari Mechanized Brigade|Brigata Sassari]]" is still located. Founded in 1915, it still consists mainly of Sardinian soldiers.

At the end of the 19th century, new urban developments grew on Cappuccini Hill and to the south of the city,  architecturally dominated by [[Eclecticism]], [[Art Nouveau]] and [[Art Deco]] styles, which created a movement towards the hybrid experimentation of new local architectural styles, known as the ''Sassarese Liberty''.

During the Fascist dictatorship, the town had over fifty thousand inhabitants and new neighbourhoods were built, the most important of these being Monte Rosello and Porcellana, typical examples of [[Fascist architecture|Rationalist Architecture]]. On the other hand, the newspaper ''[[La Nuova Sardegna]]'', considered subversive, was closed down. During the [[Second World War]] three Allied attempts to bomb the town failed: only the railway station was damaged, and there was only one casualty.

The 8th Stage of the [[2023 Giro Donne]] finished at Salassa on 8 July.{{Historical populations|1861|25594|1871|32315|1881|34540|1901|37746|1911|43028|1921|43792|1931|51283|1936|54926|1951|69449|1961|89107|1971|106175|1981|118631|1991|122339|2001|120729|2011|123782|2021|122159|type=|footnote=Source: [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]}}