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Encyclopedia > Nuoro
Comune di Nuoro

Municipal coat of arms
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Nuoro (NU)
Mayor
Elevation 554 m
Area 192.27 km²
Population
 - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 36,672
 - Density 190.76/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 40°19′N, 09°20′E
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, that 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Sardinia (pronounced ; Italian: ; Sardinian: or Sardinnya) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea,(after Sicily). ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Nuoro (It. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... Look up home in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sardinia (pronounced ; Italian: ; Sardinian: or Sardinnya) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea,(after Sicily). ... Mount Ortobene (Orthobene in the local dialect) is the mountain of Nuoro. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ...


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[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. Athens (Greek: Αθήνα - Athína) is the largest city and capital of Greece, located in the Attica periphery of central Greece. ... Grazia Deledda (September 27, 1871 – August 15, 1936), born in Nuoro, Sardinia, was an Italian writer whose works won her a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...


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). Philosophers of law ask what is law? and what should it be? Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. ...


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. A centenarian is a person who has attained the age of 100 years or more. ... Demographic group of individuals who are over 110 years old. ... Antonio Todde (January 22, 1889 – January 3, 2002) was the oldest documented man in the world in 2001-2002 after the death of John Painter, and briefly the oldest person in the history of Italy. ... Supercentenarian Ann Pouder photographed by Charles Martin on her 110th birthday. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (65th in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...


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.


References

  1. ^ "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")
  2. ^ "Atene sarda. Storia di vita nuorese 1886-1946", Elettrio Corda, Rusconi 1992, ISBN 8-818-12101-4
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Galtelli-Nuoro (260 words)
Nuoro, the Nora of the ancients, is a sub-prefecture of the same province, and stands about 2000 feet above sea-level.
Near it are seen large quarries of granite and argentiferous lead, and a curious irregular ruin, apparently of early Roman origin.
In 1787, at the request of King Victor Emmanuel III, it was re-established, but the bishop continued to live at Nuoro.
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