NUORO city guide

Nuoro (Nùgoro, that literally means "home", in the ancient Nuoro's dialect), is a town and province in central Sardinia, Italy, located at the slopes of Mount Ortobene. Made a province during Fascism, it is the administrative center of one of Europe's less-densely populated areas.

Overlying the central mountains in a panoramic position, Nuoro is the most typical Sardinian town, the one where Sardinians feel their roots lie.

It has been called "the Sardinian Athens" due to the large number of poets, writers, and intellectuals that here took part in a quite original culture. It is the home of Grazia Deledda, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926. The province has been the home of scientists in many disciplines and artists such as the sculptor Francesco Ciusa Romagna.

Another prominent author from Nuoro Salvatore Satta, noted for his books on jurisprudence and civil procedure as well as Il Giorno del Giudizio (translated in more than 90 languages).

The area is known for its concentration of centenarians and supercentenarians, including Antonio Todde, the world's oldest living man from March 5, 2001 to January 3, 2002.

History in Brief

Nuragic History

Eldest settlements, dated among the 20th century before christ, were found near Tanca Manna's Nuraghe with about 800 huts. This makes Nuoro one of the most ancient towns in Sardinia.

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