Bosa, Corso Vittorio Emanuele

The course starts from Piazza IV Novembre and crosses Piazza Coszione, where the Umberto I fountain (Sa Funtana Manna) stands.
With the end of Spanish domination, Bosa experienced a new economic revival, especially with the development of coral fishing, and from 1739 it was home to one of the five post offices then formed by the Savoy in Sardinia. But the real economic and cultural awakening took place in the nineteenth century, with the establishment as provincial capital (1807-21) and with the revival of craft activities: leather tanning, filet, gold and silver processing. Once the old walls were demolished, the city extended to the sea; the diocesan seminary, the gymnasium, the town hall were built: the aqueduct, the sewer network, the railway to Macomer were inaugurated.
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II is the most important street in the city of Bosa. It was once called “flat knows”, a name that derives from the word “audience”, which throughout Sardinia indicated the main road. Its paving consists of aligned pebbles and basalt slabs. Along the two sides there are prestigious buildings, once the residences of the noble bourgeoisie of the city.
Of different shapes and styles, there are buildings from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, or the eighteenth century, such as the palace of Don Carlo, in front of Piazza Costizione. The restoration of most of the houses in the Corso by the nascent city bourgeoisie dates back to the nineteenth century, who tried to enlarge and embellish their living spaces by buying several neighboring buildings and transforming them into a single building. Proof of these restorations are the Uras-Chelo palace, today Casa Deriu, the Sargenti-Randaccio palace, the Demuro-Spada palace, the Delitala palace and others.
Generally built on three levels in addition to the ground floor, they usually have two large rooms that overlook the course, two small power plants, without a light outlet, and another two large ones that overlook the parallel road. The neoclassical facades have soft colors, vulcanite decorations and friezes that represent coats of arms of noble houses, a large door, one or two balconies on the street and outdoor terraces.
Towards E stands the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, of medieval origins, substantially modified in the 15th century and later in the early nineteenth century. Continuing towards Piazza Costituzione, about halfway up the street, is the church of the Rosary with its Baroque-style façade, where in 1875 the first public clock in the city was placed.

History of studies
A review of studies can be found in the bibliography relating to the cards in the volumes of the “History of Art in Sardinia” on sixteenth-century architecture (1992 and 2001).

Bibliography of
Sardinia, series “Guide to Italy”, Milan, Touring Club Italiano, 1984, p. 462;
S. Naitza, Architecture from the late 17th century to purist classicism. Nuoro, Ilisso, 1992, sheet 61;
G. Sistu, Bosa, series “Countries and Cities of Sardinia”, Cagliari, 1999;
F. Masala, Architecture from the Unification of Italy to the end of the 20th century. Nuoro, Ilisso, 2001, sheet 7.