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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Nuoro
| official_name       = Comune di Nuoro
| native_name         = {{native name|sc|Nùgoro}}
| image_skyline       = Veduta della città di Nuoro.jpg 
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| image_caption       = View of Nuoro
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| pushpin_map         = Italy Sardinia
| coordinates         = {{coord|40|19|N|09|20|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| region              = [[Sardinia]]
| province            = [[Province of Nuoro|Nuoro]] (NU)
| frazioni            = Lollove
| mayor_party         = [[Five Star Movement|M5S]]
| mayor               = [[Emiliano Fenu]]
| area_footnotes      =
| area_total_km2      = 192.06
| population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite web|title=Resident population|url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=POS&l=en|publisher=[[Italian National Institute of Statistics|ISTAT]]}}</ref>
| population_total    = 33106
| population_as_of    = 2025
| population_demonym  = {{ubl|Nuoresi|Nugoresos}}
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m         = 554
| istat               =
| saint               = [[Madonna of the Snow|Santa Maria della Neve]]
| day                 = 5 August
| postal_code         = 08100
| area_code           = 0784
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.nuoro.it}}
| footnotes           =
}}
'''Nuoro''' ({{IPA|it|ˈnuːoro|-|It-Nuoro.ogg}} {{IPA|it|ˈnwɔːro|label=or less correctly}};<ref name=DOP>{{cite web|url=http://www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=35962&r=1192|title=Nuoro|work=DOP|access-date=23 December 2012|archive-date=12 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012084034/http://www.dizionario.rai.it/poplemma.aspx?lid=35962&r=1192|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{langx|sc|Nùgoro}} {{IPA|sc|ˈnuɣɔɾɔ|}})<ref name=DOP/>{{efn|Probably from a root meaning 'home' or 'hearth' in [[Logudorese]].}} is a city and [[Comune|municipality]] in central-eastern [[Sardinia]] in [[Italy]], situated on the slopes of Mount [[Ortobene]]. It is the capital and largest city of the [[province of Nuoro]]. As of 2025, with a population of 33,106, it is the sixth-largest city in Sardinia.<ref name="population" /> Its {{lang|it|[[frazione]]}} (borough) of [[Lollove]] is one of {{lang|it|[[I Borghi più belli d'Italia]]|i=no}} ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/sardegna/|title=Sardegna|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}</ref>

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 [[Regions of Italy|region]]<ref>[http://www.comune.nuoro.it/index.php/Turista/La_città/25/Le_origini_-_Parte_I.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630080114/http://www.comune.nuoro.it/index.php/Turista/La_citt%C3%A0/25/Le_origini_-_Parte_I.htm|date=30 June 2017}} Cultural Notes by the Comune of Nuoro {{in lang|it}}</ref> and it has been referred to as the "Sardinian Athens".<ref>[http://www.elettriocorda.it/ E. Corda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722032219/http://www.elettriocorda.it/ |date=22 July 2011 }}, ''Atene Sarda. Storie di vita nuorese 1886-1946'', Rusconi, 1992 - only available in Italian</ref> Nuoro is the hometown of [[Grazia Deledda]], the only Italian woman to win (1926) the [[List of Nobel Laureates in Literature|Nobel Prize in Literature]].

== History ==
[[File:M. Ortobene - vista di Nuoro.jpg|thumb|left|250px|View of Nuoro in winter from [[Ortobene|Monte Ortobene]].]]
[[File:Nuoro - Seuna.jpg|thumb|left|250px|View of Nuoro]]
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.<ref>''Sardinia'' {{ISBN|1-860-11324-9}} p. 85</ref>

The Nuorese was a centre of the [[Nuraghe|Nuragic civilization]] (which developed in Sardinia from c. 1500 BC to c. 250 BC), as attested by more than 30 Nuragic sites, such has the village discovered in the countryside of Tanca Manna, just outside Nuoro, which was made of about 800 huts.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

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: [[Logudorese dialect|Nuorese Sardinian]] is considered the most [[conservative (language)|conservative]] [[dialect]] of Sardinian, which is in turn the most conservative [[Romance languages|Romance language]].{{cn|date=September 2024}}

After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]], Sardinia was held first by the [[Vandals]] and then by the [[Byzantine Empire|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cities Nuoro |url=https://www.superciaotour.com/cities/nuoro/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=Superciao Tour |language=en-AU}}</ref> As the Byzantine control waned, the [[Sardinian medieval kingdoms|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.{{cn|date=September 2024}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ArtSites |title=Holidays in Sardinia - Nuoro {{!}} Tritt-Sardinia.com |url=https://www.tritt-sardinia.com/accommodations-italy/sardinia/nuoro |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=Tritt - Case in Sardegna |language=EN}}</ref>

After the annexation to the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]], the town became the administrative center of the area, obtaining the title of city in 1836.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Navicup - Interactive Self-Guided Tour, Audio Guide & White Label App Platform |url=https://navicup.com/object/italy-grand-tour/nuoro-229339/sr |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=navicup.com}}</ref>

==Climate==
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 | 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<ref name =SNPA>{{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}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations|1861|4827|1871|5472|1881|6099|1901|7051|1911|7248|1921|8534|1931|9188|1936|11459|1951|16949|1961|23033|1971|31033|1981|35779|1991|37527|2001|36678|2011|36674|2021|34183|cols=1|align=right|source=[[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Popolazione residente dei comuni. Censimenti dal 1861 al 1991|trans-title=Resident population of the municipalities. Censuses from 1861 to 1991|url=https://ebiblio.istat.it/digibib/Censimenti%20popolazione/Censimentipopolazioneresidentedal1861/RML0050288Pop_res_cens_1861_1991.pdf|lang=it|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]]}}</ref><ref name="timeseries">{{cite web |title=Dashboard Permanent census of population and housing|url=https://esploradati.censimentopopolazione.istat.it/databrowser/#/en/censtest/dashboards|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]]}}</ref>}}
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.<ref name="population" />

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 people|Senegalese]] (233), [[Chinese people|Chinese]] (102), [[Pakistanis]] (80) and [[Moroccans]] (72).<ref name="foreignborn">{{cite web |title=Resident population by sex, municipality and citizenship |url=https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=RCS&a=2024&l=en |publisher=[[Italian National Institute of Statistics|ISTAT]]}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Romania}}
|310
|-
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|233
|-
|{{flag|China}}
|102
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|80
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|72
|-
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|55
|-
|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|22
|-
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|22
|-
|{{flag|The Gambia}}
|19
|-
|{{flag|Mali}}
|18
|-
|{{flag|Albania}}
|16
|-
|{{flag|Argentina}}
|9
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}
|9
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}}
|9
|-
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|8
|}

== Culture ==
===ISRE===
{{See also|Istituto superiore regionale etnografico}}
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 ===
* [[Sardinian Ethnographic Museum]] (Museo Etnografico Sardo).
* [[Deledda Museum|Grazia Deledda's Museum]] (Museo Deleddiano).
* [[Art Museum of the province of Nuoro|M.A.N., Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro]] (Modern Art Museum of the Nuoro Province).
* [[National Archaeological Museum of Nuoro]] (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Nuoro).
* [[Museo Ciusa]], Museum dedicated to [[Francesco Ciusa]] and other artists
* [[Spazio Ilisso]]
* Museum of Ceramics (Museo della Ceramica)<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2023 |title=Il nuovo Museo della Ceramica di Nuoro |url=https://www.artribune.com/progettazione/2023/07/nuovo-museo-ceramica-nuoro/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref>

=== Monuments and historical sites ===
[[File:Cattedrale.png|thumb|right|250px|Nuoro's Cathedral]]
[[File:Vincenzo Jerace, statua del redentore di nuoro, 1900-1901, 06.jpg|thumb|Redeemer's statue]] 
* [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows]]	
* Piazza [[Sebastiano Satta]]
* [[Chiesa di Nostra Signora delle Grazie]]	
* [[Chiesa della Solitudine]]
* The Redeemer's statue, [[Monte Ortobene]], the 7 meters tall [[Vincenzo Gerace]]'s bronze statue installed 29 August 1901.
* [[Nuraghe]] Ugolio 
* [[Chiesa di San Carlo]], church built in the 17th century containing a copy of [[Francesco Ciusa]]'s masterpiece [[La madre dell'ucciso]]. 
* [[Sas Birghines]], [[Domus de Janas]] located in [[Monte Ortobene]]
* [[Sanctuary Madonna of Montenero]], Monte Ortobene

=== Language ===
Along with [[Italian Language|Italian]], the traditional language spoken in Nuoro is [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]], in its [[Logudorese dialect|Logudorese-Nuorese]] variety.

=== Food ===
Nuoro is home to the world's rarest pasta, ''[[filindeu|su filindeu]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161014-the-secret-behind-italys-rarest-pasta| title = ''The secret behind Italy's rarest pasta'', BBC.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thedailymeal.com/travel/rarest-pasta-world| title = ''This is the Rarest Pasta in the World'', The Daily Meal}}</ref> 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===
* [[Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival]]

==Government==
{{See also|List of mayors of Nuoro}}

== Transport ==
===Road===
Nuoro is served by the [[Strada statale 131 Diramazione Centrale Nuorese|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 ==
[[File:Nuoro agosto 2009 086.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Casa dei Contrafforti, Nuoro's Old Town]]
[[File:Nuoro_-_piazza_Satta_4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nivola's sculptures in Piazza Sebastiano Satta, Nuoro]]

* [[Sebastiano Satta]] (1867–1914), poet, lawyer
* [[Grazia Deledda]] (1871–1936), writer, winner [[Nobel Prize]]
* [[Francesco Ciusa]] (1883–1949), sculptor, winner of the [[Venice Biennale]]
* [[Adelasia Cocco]] (1885–1983), Health Officer in Nuoro, possibly the first female doctor in Italy
* [[Attilio Deffenu]] (1890–1918), trade unionist
* [[Salvatore Satta]] (1902–1975), jurist, writer
* [[Sebastiano Mannironi]] (1930–2015), athlete. Olympic games medal winner. 
* [[Franco Oppo]] (1935–2016), composer
* [[Marcello Fois]] (born 1960), writer
* [[Flavio Manzoni]] (born 1967), car designer
* [[Gianfranco Zola]] (born 1966), footballer
* [[Salvatore Sirigu]] (born 1987), footballer

== Twin towns - sister cities ==

* {{flagicon|France}} [[Corte, Haute-Corse|Corte]], [[France]]
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Tolmezzo]], Italy<ref name=twins>{{cite web|url=http://www.udine20.it/cerimonia-di-gemellaggio-tra-i-comuni-di-tolmezzo-e-nuoro |title=Twinning Ceremony|access-date=1 April 2010|language=it}}</ref>

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.comune.nuoro.it/ Official Website] {{in lang|it}}
* [http://www.comune.nuoro.it/index.php/Turista Official (Municipality) Tourism Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410205218/http://www.comune.nuoro.it/index.php/Turista |date=10 April 2016 }} {{in lang|it}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195845/http://www.sardegnaturismo.it/en/point-of-interest/nuoro Official (Region) Tourism Website]

{{Adjacent communities
|Center    = Nuoro
|North = [[Benetutti]] ([[Province of Sassari|Sassari]]), [[Orune]]
|Northeast = [[Orune]], [[Dorgali]]
|East = [[Oliena]]
|Southeast = [[Orgosolo]], [[Oliena]]
|South = [[Mamoiada]], [[Orgosolo]]
|Southwest = [[Orani, Sardinia|Orani]]
|West = [[Orani, Sardinia|Orani]]
|Northwest = [[Orani, Sardinia|Orani]], [[Benetutti]] ([[Province of Sassari|Sassari]])
}}

{{Province of Nuoro}}

{{Authority control}}

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