Crema, Lombardy
By the 1859 Treaty of Zurich which ended the Austro-Sardinian War, Austria ceded Lombardy, including Crema, to France, who then immediately ceded it to Sardinia. This formed part of the "Risorgimento", which saw Sardinia become the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. In 1946, the Kingdom became the modern Italian Republic.
Sardinian people
The Sardinians, or also the Sards (; Italian and Sassarese: "Sardi"; Catalan: "Sards"; Gallurese: "Saldi"; Ligurian: "Sordi"), are the native people and ethnic group from which Sardinia, a western Mediterranean island and autonomous region of Italy, derives its name.