, 25 August 1874) was an Italian magistrate, politician and historian.

He studied in Sassari, where he obtained a degree in theology and jurisprudence and also followed courses in philosophy and fine arts. In 1848 he was part of the ministerial working group in Sardinia. He was in favor of the abolition of feudalism in Sardinia. He wrote many works on historical-political topics, particularly about Sardinia and there is extensive literary coverage of him. Tola was also an encyclopedian, and authored a Dictionary of Sardinian Biography in 1837-38.He was then chancellor of the University of Sassari

University of Sassari

The University of Sassari is a university located in Sassari, Italy. It was founded in 1562 and is organized in 11 Faculties.The University of Sassari gains the first place in the ranking for the best “medium- sized” italian university, in 2009, by the Censis Research Institute.-History and...

. Later he worked in the judiciary at the appellate courts of Nice

Nice

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 and Genoa

Genoa

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. He was a member of the Sardinian parliament from 1848, and then the national one.

In Sassari is the Piazza Tola  in the historic centre. In Rome, Via Pasquale Tola is located in a central area near the Via Appia. in Cagliari

Cagliari

Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...

the Via Pasquale Tola is located, near the central Via P. Paul and the Via Dante.

Works

• Pasquale Tola, Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri di Sardegna, ossia Storia della vita pubblica e privata di tutti i sardi che si distinsero per opere, azioni, talenti, virtù e delitti, opera del cav. don Pasquale Tola. (3 voll.), Torino : Tipografia Chirio e Mina, 1837-1838. Vol. II http://books.google.it/books?id=cglmaSM5YwQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=tola+croce+maurizio&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=0_2, Vol III http://books.google.it/books?id=SYazIPmYIncC&printsec=titlepage&dq=tola+croce+maurizio&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0
• Pasquale Tola, Codice diplomatico di Sardegna con altri documenti storici, raccolto, ordinato ed illustrato dal cav. Don Pasquale Tola. (2 voll.) Torino : Chirio e Mina, 1845
• Pasquale Tola, Codice degli satatuti della repubblica di Sassari, Edito e illustrato dal cav. Don Pasquale Tola. Cagliari, A. Timon, 1850