Nuoro
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Nuoro Nùgoro |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Nuoro | |
Redeemer's Statue, Monte Ortobene
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 Nuoro
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| Coordinates: 40°19′N 09°20′E / 40.317°N 9.333°ECoordinates: 40°19′N 09°20′E / 40.317°N 9.333°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Nuoro (NU) |
| Frazioni | Lollove |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrea Soddu (civic list and Sardinian Action Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 192.27 km2 (74.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 554 m (1,818 ft) |
| Population (January 1, 2012) | |
| • Total | 36,347 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Nuoresi Nugoresos |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 08100 |
| Dialing code | 0784 |
| Patron saint | Santa Maria della Neve |
| Saint day | August 5 |
| Website | Official website |
Nuoro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnuːoro] 
listen or less correctly [ˈnwɔːro];Sardinian: Nùgoro [ˈnuɣoɾo]) is a city and comune (municipality) in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy, situated on the slopes of the Monte Ortobene. It is the capital of the province of Nuoro. With a population of 36,347 (2011), it is the sixth-largest city in Sardinia.
Birthplace of several renowned artists, including writers, poets, painters, and 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 as the "Atene sarda" (Sardinian Athens). Nuoro is the hometown of Grazia Deledda, the first and only Italian woman to win (1926) the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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.
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