Nuoro

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nameNuoro
official_nameComune di Nuoro
native_namesc
image_skylineVeduta della città di Nuoro.jpg
image_flagFlag of Nuoro.svg
image_captionView of Nuoro
image_shieldNuoro-Stemma.svg
pushpin_mapItaly Sardinia
coordinates
regionSardinia
provinceNuoro (NU)
frazioniLollove
mayor_partyM5S
mayorEmiliano Fenu
area_total_km2192.06
population_footnotes
population_total33106
population_as_of2025
population_demonym
elevation_m554
saintSanta Maria della Neve
day5 August
postal_code08100
area_code0784
website
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Birthplace of several renowned artists, including writers, poets, painters, sculptors, Nuoro hosts some of the most important museums in Sardinia. It is considered an important cultural center of the region and it has been referred to as the "Sardinian Athens". Nuoro is the hometown of Grazia Deledda, the only Italian woman to win (1926) the Nobel Prize in Literature.

History

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The earliest traces of human settlement in the Nuoro area (called " the Nuorese") are the so-called Domus de janas, rock-cut tombs dated at the third millennium BC. However, fragments of ceramics of the Ozieri culture have also been discovered and dated at c. 3500 BC.

The Nuorese was a centre of the Nuragic civilization, which developed in Sardinia from c. 1500 BC to c. 250 BC. More than 30 Nuragic sites have been discovered in the area, including a village discovered in the countryside of Tanca Manna, just outside Nuoro, which comprised over 150 huts.

The Nuorese was crossed by a Roman road which connected Karalis (Cagliari) to Ulbia (Olbia). The legacy of the Roman colonization can especially be found in the variety of the Sardinian language which is still spoken today in Nuoro: Nuorese Sardinian is considered the most conservative dialect of Sardinian, which is in turn the most conservative Romance language.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Sardinia was held first by the Vandals and then by the Byzantines. According to the letters of Pope Gregory I, a Romanized and Christianized culture (that of the provinciales) co-existed with several Pagan cultures (those of the Gens Barbaricina, i.e. "Barbarian People") mainly located in the island's interior. As the Byzantine control waned, the Judicates appeared. A small village known as Nugor appears on a medieval map from 1147. In the two following centuries it grew to more than 1000 inhabitants. Nuoro remained a town of average importance under the Aragonese and Spanish domination of Sardinia, until famine and plague struck it in the late 17th century.

After the annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia, the town became the administrative center of the area, obtaining the title of city in 1836.

Climate

| width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Nuoro (1981–2010) | year high C = 19.6 | year low C = 10.0 | Jan high C = 9.7 | Feb high C = 10.2 | Mar high C = 13.2 | Apr high C = 15.9 | May high C = 21.7 | Jun high C = 27.8 | Jul high C = 32.9 | Aug high C = 32.0 | Sep high C = 26.1 | Oct high C = 21.2 | Nov high C = 14.6 | Dec high C = 10.4 |Jan mean C = 6.6 |Feb mean C = 6.8 |Mar mean C = 9.1 |Apr mean C = 11.4 |May mean C = 16.3 |Jun mean C = 21.3 |Jul mean C = 25.6 |Aug mean C = 25.4 |Sep mean C = 20.7 |Oct mean C = 16.6 |Nov mean C = 11.0 |Dec mean C = 7.5 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 3.4 | Feb low C = 3.3 | Mar low C = 4.9 | Apr low C = 6.8 | May low C = 10.8 | Jun low C = 14.8 | Jul low C = 18.2 | Aug low C = 18.7 | Sep low C = 15.3 | Oct low C = 12.0 | Nov low C = 7.4 | Dec low C = 4.5 |precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 73.9 | Feb precipitation mm = 56.5 | Mar precipitation mm = 52.3 | Apr precipitation mm = 65.8 | May precipitation mm = 40.7 | Jun precipitation mm = 20.4 | Jul precipitation mm = 9.5 | Aug precipitation mm = 20.6 | Sep precipitation mm = 47.0 | Oct precipitation mm = 61.0 | Nov precipitation mm = 75.7 | Dec precipitation mm = 91.2 | year precipitation mm = 614.6 |source 1 = Sistema nazionale protezione ambiente{{cite web | url = https://www.snpambiente.it/snpa/arpa-sardegna/climatologia-della-sardegna-per-il-trentennio-1981-2010/ | title = Climatology of Sardinia for the thirty-year period 1981-2010 | publisher=Sistema nazionale protezione ambiente | access-date = 27 November 2024}}

Demographics

As of 2025, Nuoro has a population of 33,106, of whom 48.1% are male and 51.9% are female. Minors make up 11.9% of the population, and seniors make up 28.5%, compared to the Italian average of 14.9% and 24.7% respectively.

As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 1,111, equal to 3.3% of the population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Romanians (310), Senegalese (233), Chinese (102), Pakistanis (80) and Moroccans (72). ::data[format=table title="Foreign population by country of birth (2024)"]

CountryPopulation
Romania310
Senegal233
China102
Pakistan80
Morocco72
Nigeria55
Afghanistan22
Bangladesh22
The Gambia19
Mali18
Albania16
Argentina9
Poland9
Ukraine9
Cuba8
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Culture

ISRE

Since 1972 in Nuoro is active the Istituto superiore regionale etnografico (ISRE), which is an institution that promotes the study and documentation of the social and cultural life of Sardinia in its traditional manifestations and its transformations. In fact, in addition to managing museums and libraries, it organizes national and international events, including: the Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival (SIEFF) and the Festival Biennale Italiano dell’Etnografia (ETNU) (Italian Biennial Festival of Ethnography).

Museums

Monuments and historical sites

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Language

Along with Italian, the traditional language spoken in Nuoro is Sardinian, in its Logudorese-Nuorese variety.

Food

Nuoro is home to the world's rarest pasta, su filindeu. The name in Sardinian language means "the threads (or wool) of God" and is made exclusively by the women of a single family in the town, with the recipe being passed down through generations.

Cultural international events

Government

Transport

Road

Nuoro is served by the SS 131 DCN (Olbia-Abbasanta), the SS 129 (Orosei-Macomer), and the SS 389 (Monti-Lanusei).

Bus

ARST, Azienda Regionale Sarda Trasporti provide regular connections to Cagliari, Sassari, Olbia, and to several minor centres in the province and the region.

Other private operators (including Deplano Autolinee, Turmotravel, Redentours) connects Nuoro to various cities and airports in the island.

Rail

Nuoro is connected by train to Macomer via Ferrovie della Sardegna.

Local transportation

ATP Nuoro's bus system provides service within the city.

Notable people

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Twin towns - sister cities

Notes

References

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