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Liberty style, in architecture, started to catch on at the end of the 800s.
It was a stylistic movement that involved the taste of an entire era, the “bell'Epoque”, which characterized Europe until the eve of the First World War. Thanks to the Belgian, Victor Horta, it was literally born in an architectural environment. The style was very decorative and based on stylistic inventions that differed greatly from past styles.
Unlike other fashions and trends, Liberty arrived in Sardinia almost immediately, brought by engineers and builders, then later by entrepreneurs, especially from the mining sector.
There are numerous decorated artifacts realized according to the new taste of the epoch, in both public and private buildings. In the cities buildings and villas were erected with special attention to the contours and embellishments, as well as public structures that were interested in the new trend such as markets, stations, and at Villacidro, the wash house.
