Nuoro
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| Comune di Nuoro | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Province | Nuoro (NU) |
| Elevation | 554 m (1,818 ft) |
| Area | 192.27 km² (74 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 36,672 |
| - Density | 191/km² (495/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Nuoresi |
| Dialing code | 0784 |
| Postal code | 08100 |
| Frazioni | Lollove |
| Patron | Santa Maria della Neve |
| - Day | August 5 |
| Website: www.comune.nuoro.it | |
Nuoro (Nùgoro, which literally means "home"[1], 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.[citation needed] [1]
It has been called "the Sardinian Athens" due to the large number of poets, writers, and intellectuals that here took part in the early years of 20th century[2]. 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.
Salvatore Satta, in his book "Il Giorno del Giudizio" ("Judgment Day") written in 1975, describes Nuoro with superbly depictive scenarios still as a rural town, with two main popular areas named "Sèuna" and "San Pietro" ("Santu Predu"). These areas has a (very) slightly different accent and dialect.
[edit] History in Brief
[edit] Nuragic History
Eldest settlements, dated among the 20th century BC, were found near Tanca Manna's Nuraghe with about 800 huts. This makes Nuoro one of the most ancient towns in Sardinia.
[edit] References
- ^ "Pitzinnu de Nugoro eris" ("The child of Nuoro yesterday") edited by Tina Falchi Marras and the students of the second grade of the middle school N. 3 of Nuoro, printed on March 27th 1980 by Tipolito Arti Grafiche AR.P.E.F. of Armando Paola, Nuoro. pag. 179: "NUGORO da una rad. nugor -- fuoco dimora" ("NUGORO from a root nugor -- home fireplace")
- ^ "Atene sarda. Storia di vita nuorese 1886-1946", Elettrio Corda, Rusconi 1992, ISBN 8-818-12101-4
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