NUORO

Nuoro is a town situated in the heart of Sardinia and it’s the capital of Barbagia. The town stretches for 550 meters above the sea level and it gets a mild climate.

Nuoro is defined the sardinian Athens because many artists and writers passed through it. Among ancient neighborhoods, we count Séuna and Santu Predu, respectively lived by farmers and craftsmen ; pastors and landowners.

The town arises at the foot of Mount Ortobene (high 955 meters), characterized by majestic granitic rocks.

WHAT TO SEE

·         1) Sebastiano Satta Square

·         2) Neighborhood of San Pietro (Santu Predu)   

.         3) Spazio Ilisso    

·         4) Tanca Manna Nuraghe

·         5) Ugolio Nuraghe

.         6) Nuragic Complex of Noddule

1) Sebastiano Satta Square

It was built with Nivola’s works to honour the poet Sebastiano Satta. It’s situated in the central zone of the town. Poet’s house overlooks in the square where there is the monument. The square is made of granite plates. You can see eight small statues to celebrate the poet of Nuoro.

Where

Piazza Sebastiano Satta

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2) Neighborhood of San Pietro (Santu Predu)

Ancient neighborhood of pastors. Old buildings among narrow streets. Grazia Deledda lived in this neighborhood. She won the Nobel prize for literature. You can visit her museum-house at the same named street.

Where

Via Grazia Deledda, 93 

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3) Spazio Ilisso

It is an exhibition center for artistic and cultural production and promotion, inaugurated in December 2019 on the initiative of the Ilisso publishing house.

It is his intent to carry on significant temporary exhibitions and a permanent exhibition: the most significant collection of Sardinian sculpture and ceramics of the 1900s.

Spazio Ilisso intends to explore all the languages ​​of creativity through exhibitions, debates, educational workshops and artistic works: figurative arts, poetry, music, dance, theatre, literature, cinema, photography, design and artistic craftsmanship.

Opening times:

h.10am - 01pm / h.04pm - 08pm - Closed on Monday and on Tuesday morning

Where

Via Angelo Brofferio, 23

Contacts

Tel. +39 0784 31551

Web Site: www.spazioilisso.it

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4) Tanca Manna Nuraghe

It is dated to the middle of bronze age, inside the town; you have a wonderful view from it towards the Monte Ortobene.

Where

Via Martiri della Libertà

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5) Ugolio Nuraghe

This building is dated more than 3000 years ago.

Where

Via Ugolio (inside the pinewood of Ugolio)

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6) Nuragic Complex of Noddule

The complex is far 13 kms from Nuoro, along SS389, towards Orune and Bitti direction at km 86, just after the crossroad to Benetutti.

The site is open to the public and at the entrance you can see several megalithic circles. After them, there is a huge nuragic settlement. Behind a particular nuraghe, it’s possible to observe some quadrangular huts of roman period.

Nearby there is a giant tomb of small sizes.

In the nuragic area there is a sacred zone: a fence with several cicular rooms and, in its interior, a huge nuragic fountain still in activity.

The site testifies a vast sardinian history period that goes from prenuragic age of megaliths, to roman age.

Where

SS389, km 86

Contacts

Tel. +39 320 9478405

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