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Ottone Bacaredda (Cagliari, 20 december 1849 – Cagliari, 26 december 1921) was an Italian jurist, writer and politician.

Biografia
Ottone Bacaredda (or Baccaredda, how his surname is often written because of the phonetic error of doubling the consonant c in spoken sardinian) was born in Cagliari in 1849. He studied law at his hometown university and graduated there in 1871.

Subsequently he went with his family to Rome, and then to Florence. In this period Bacaredda dedicated himself to journalistic activity, writing for some local newspapers and was part of the editorial team of the newspaper "L'avvenire di Sardegna". Returning to Cagliari in 1875, he moved on to teach law at the university.

From 1884 he started a career in politics, reaching 5 times the position of mayor of Cagliari (between 1890 and 1902 and again between 1905 and 1906, between 1907 and 1910, between 1911 and 1917 and between 1920 and 1921 -year of his death-) and that of Member of Parliament in 1900.

As mayor of Cagliari, his memory is linked to the work aimed at promoting urban beautification (carried out in the years between the 19th and 20th centuries through the construction of buildings such as the Palazzo Civico -also known as Palazzo Bacaredda- and the bastion of Saint Remy), which was also followed by criticism and protests, in particular in 1906, when in Cagliari there were several strikes in protest against the high cost of living.

Bacaredda wrote several works of various genres, including novels, poems and legal essays. He died in 1921 and was buried in the monumental cemetery of Bonaria, in Cagliari.

In Cagliari, a street in the city centre, a secondary school and the city hall are dedicated to him.

Novels

 * Roccaspinosa. Genova, 1874
 * Casa Corniola. (A. Sommaruga, Roma, 1894)
 * Bozzetti sardi. Cagliari, 1881

Theatrical works

 * Amico d'infanzia (commedia in tre atti). Cagliari, 1879

Essays

 * La donna di fronte alla legge penale. Cagliari, 1877
 * "L'Ottantanove cagliaritano". Cagliari, 1909

Related pages

 * Cagliari