page_title: History of Cagliari
section_title: Modern era
hierarchical_section_title: History of Cagliari / Modern era
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Palazzo di Giustizia di Cagliari (edificato negli anni '30)
context_section_description: From the 1870s, with the unification of Italy, the city experienced a century of rapid growth.
  The ancient medieval and 16th century walls were dismantled, wide avenues were opened and a rational urban plan was designed.
  Many outstanding buildings were erected by the end of the 19th century during the office of Mayor Ottone Bacaredda. Many of these buildings combined influences from Art Nouveau together with the traditional Sardinian taste for floral decoration; an example is the white marble City Hall near the port. Ottone Bacaredda is also famous for the violent repression of one of the earliest worker strikes in the beginning of the 20th century.
  In 1807 the first lanterns were installed for public urban lighting. In 1868 gas lighting began, and electric lighting in 1913.
  In 1867 a dam was built in the locality of Corongiu under Mount Serpeddì to provide the city with a water supply service; until that time the city had been served by brackish well water.
  In 1871 the first stretch of railway to connect Cagliari to Sassari and Porto Torres was inaugurated. The project was completed in 1881.
  In 1893 a suburban steam tram service was started, connecting the city center with the towns that are now part of the metropolitan area, Monserrato, Selargius, Quartucciu, and Quartu Sant'Elena. In 1913 another steam tram line connected downtown with Poetto Beach. In 1915 the first two electric urban tram lines were inaugurated.
  During the Fascist period the city experienced rapid population and economic growth and a monumental building policy inspired by the ideology of the regime. Fascist architecture and urbanism, such as the tribunal palace and the Carabinieri brigade commander palace, still constitute the main reference points of the modern city.
  From 1861 to 1936, the population grew to about 88,000 inhabitants, an increase of 237%.
caption: Fascist era tribunal palace
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