Nuoro (province) - Nuoro (Provinz)

Nuoro is a province of Italian island Sardinia. It extends from the east coast of the island into the mountainous interior. In the north it borders on the province Sassari, in the west Oristano, in the south South Sardegna and in the southeast Oristano.

Regions

Several of the old sub-regions belong to the province, which in fact have been abolished but are still important in the understanding of the inhabitants and due to the cultural character:

• Barony
• Barbagia di Nuoro or Nuoresis, the area around Nuoro
• Barbagia di Ollolai
• Mandrolisai, at least the large eastern part
• Barbagia di Belvì
• Barbagia di Seùlo, largely belongs to the province of Nuoro
• Ogliastra, the old sub-region Ogliastra was considered a separate province between 2005 and 2016, was reintegrated into the province of Nuoro due to the results of the referendum in 2012
• Northern part of the Quirra

places

The province has 159,103 inhabitants. Administratively, the province is further subdivided into 52 municipalities, the largest being:^[1]

• 40.32006219.32807921 Nuoro (36,635 pop.)
• 40.57432649.69629292 Siniscola (11,487 pop.)
• 40.26435718.77506143 Macomer (10,475 inh.), Small town at a railway junction with a large number of nuraghi in the vicinity
• 40.29157299.58763124 Dorgali (8,519 pop.), This includes the resort 40.282603069.632413065 Cala Gonone
• 40.27101279.40275196 Oliena (7,359 pop.)
• 40.3797222222229.69416666666677 Orosei (6,806 pop.)
• 40.63128159.71981058 Posada (2,969 pop.)

The majority of the municipalities in the province have significantly lower population numbers, in many cases only three-digit numbers.

Other important places are:

• 40.11877779.25357829 Fonni (Highest town in Sardinia, ski resort)
• 40.16037799.194698310 Gavoi (Bergort, cheese specialties, annual international literature festival, on Lake Gusana located
• 40.02649719.102730811 Sorgono

Other goals

The beaches in the delta of the Cedrino and Rio Posada rivers are particularly attractive. At the northern end of the Posada beach, a settlement mentioned in Roman sources is waiting to be discovered. The beach is largely uncultivated and presents itself in natural beauty. At the southern end of the bay is in the 60s of the 20th century. the settlement of San Giovanni emerged. These are mainly holiday homes owned by residents of Posada and the province of Nuoro, which are now also rented to foreign tourists. On the beach of San Giovanni there is an ancient chapel and a Saracen tower. The latter served as a watchtower in the Middle Ages in order to be able to report Saracen raids in good time. The population then sought refuge in the Posada Castle. It got its name "Castello della Fava" (Broad Bean Castle) after an old legend according to which a Saracen attack was repelled by the attackers slipping on the slippery shells of broad beans that the defenders threw off the walls to defend themselves.

Nuoro's hinterland has numerous attractions to offer. The Romans named it Barbagia (land of barbarians) with good reason. All of the island's conquerors had to surrender to this inaccessible mountain region. It was never conquered, which was certainly also due to the fact that it had little to offer for conquerors. That is why the "Ursardian" was best preserved here. In Barbagia, "laws" based on archaic habits still apply today. This includes extensive hospitality regulations, but also excesses such as that banditry and the blood revenge. The place Orgosolo in this context is completely wrongly suspected of being better avoided. Because of its murals, it is more worth a visit. These political murals date back to a civil protest that ultimately prevented valuable pastureland from being turned into a military training area.

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Tourist Attractions

activities

kitchen

nightlife

public holidays

security

climate

literature

Web links

• Official website of the province
• Blog of the Sardinia connoisseur Joachim Waßmann

Individual evidence