Giovanni Antonio Sanna (
Sassari, 29 August 1819 –
Rome
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, 9 February 1875) was an Italian entrepreneur and politician.
Biography
Giovanni Antonio Sanna was son of Giuseppe Sanna, a lawyer, and Maria Ignazia Sanna. He migrated in
Marseille
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, France, where he became a merchant. He married Maria Llambi y Casas, a
Catalonia
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-born Spanish woman, with whom he had four daughters.
In 1860 he became the owner of the Turinese newspaper "Il Diritto". He founded the "Banca Agricola Sarda" (Sardinian Agricultural Bank) in 1871.
He was elected deputy of parliament of the Italian Kingdom for three legislatures, from 1857 to 1865.
He became the owner of the
Montevecchio
Montevecchio is one of the most ancient mining sites in Italy. The site is located in the south west of Sardinia, in the Province of South Sardinia. The village of Montevecchio (''Gennas Serapis'' in Sardinian language) is a frazione of the munici ...
Mine, localised in the South West of
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, the main mining site in Italy. He started modern industrial mining activity in the area
[Piras, Aldo, ''Pietro Leo e Raimondo Garau. Tempi e luoghi'', Garau, Guspini, 2003, pp. 23]
Honors and awards
*Knight of the
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus - 1866
See also
*
Montevecchio
Montevecchio is one of the most ancient mining sites in Italy. The site is located in the south west of Sardinia, in the Province of South Sardinia. The village of Montevecchio (''Gennas Serapis'' in Sardinian language) is a frazione of the munici ...
References
Bibliography
*P. Fadda, L´Uomo di Montevecchio, Carlo Delfino Editore, Sassari, 2010;
*R. Ciasca, Bibliografia sarda, Roma, 1931–34, vol. IV, pp. 36–37, nn. 15865-15870;
*F. Spanu Satta, Memorie sarde in Roma, Sassari, 1962, pp. 172–173, 185;
*I. Sanna, Giovanni Antonio Sanna nella vita pubblica e privata, Roma, 1914, p. 416
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People from Sassari
1819 births
1875 deaths