Nuoro

Nuoro [ nu.o.ro ] ( Sardinian: Nùgoro ) is a city in the northeastern and central Sardinia as the capital of the province of Nuoro an important administrative center and the gateway to Barbagie. The city is located on the highway that forms the east-west axis of the island and is one of 36 379 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).

Geography

Nuoro is situated in the center of the island at the foot of a mountain ( Monte Ortobene ) on a plateau about 600 m above sea level. M.

History

In the 12th century Nuoro was mentioned (as Nogoro ) for the first time, it belonged to giudicato Torres and was dominated for a long time rural. In 1779 it became a bishop. To the city Nuoro was raised in the early 19th century, it had not even then 4000 inhabitants. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century Nuoro experienced a cultural flowering, which is labeled " Sardinian Athens" earned the city. For the provincial capital of Nuoro in 1927 collected during Fascism, then it developed rapid.

Economy and Transport

Nuoro has two connections to you, at the western exit is located at the freeway SS 131 is a large-scale industrial area. The traffic flows mainly through some major roads, the narrow streets are passable in some cases only for small cars or not for motor vehicles.

Since 1889 Nuoro is the terminus of the narrow gauge railway line Macomer - Nuoro. The passenger trains on the Strade Ferrate built by the Second Aria della Sardegna route operated since 1989 by the Ferrovie della Sardegna.

Viniculture

A special feature is ( instead of the usual date, few days fermentation over three to four weeks) often made ​​from the Tannat grape wine the traditional way. Due to the relatively high cultivation in the mountains, the grapes are increasingly exposed to sunlight, where UV radiation can affect the polyphenol synthesis in grapes. This wine is considered to be a cause for the particular longevity of the inhabitants of Nuoro, because polyphenols act as a brake on endothelin synthesis.

Culture and sights

The Santa Maria della Neve Cathedral, was built in 1834-1873 in the newly -classical style and is an example of this style in Sardinia.

The " Monte Ortobene " is the local mountain of Nuoresen, the toe of the Redeemer statue was gold through regular contact. It is an object of pilgrimage during Festa Redentore end of August. The necropolis Maria Frunza on the granite slopes of Mount Ortobene consists of five Domus de Janas, the system of " Ianna Ventosa " and four other graves. The Nuraghe Tanca Manna is located on Via Mughina, in a park on a granite outcrop at the southern edge of town.

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Francesco Ciusa (1883-1949), sculptor
  • Grazia Deledda (1871-1936), writer (1926 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature )
  • Marcello Fois (* 1960), writer
  • Maria Giacobbe ( b. 1928 ), author of Diary of a teacher
  • Gavino Murgia (born 1969 ), jazz saxophonist and singer
  • Franco Oppo ( b. 1935 ), composer
  • Salvatore Satta (1902-1975), author of the famous work The Day of Judgment (1977 )
  • Salvatore Sirigu (* 1987), football player
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