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 | Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardia Le Marche Molise Piemonte Puglia Sardinia Nuoro San Teodoro Sicily Tuscany Trentino Alto Adige Umbria Valle D Aosta Veneto | | NuoroItaly > Sardinia > NuoroNùgoro is the local name of Nuoro, the main town of central Sardinia, Italy. Made a province during Fascism, it is the administrative center of one of Europe's less densely populated areas.Laying over the central mountains, in a panoramic position, Nuoro is the most typical Sardinian town, the one where Sardinians feel their roots lie. It was called the Sardinian Athens, due to the huge number of poets, writers and intellectuals that here took part in a quite original culture. The best preserved ethnic area of Sardinia (and perhaps of all Europe, as recently scientifically demonstrated by geneticists) is Barbagia, that belongs to Nuoro's jurisdiction and defers to Nuoro for everything. Sardinia seems to show a close mentality, proud of its peculiarities, and Nugoro expresses this feeling as a typical state of mind. A proverb can explain, better than thousands of words, Sardinian mentality towards foreigners: "Furat chie benit dae su mare" = The one who comes from sea, is here to steal. Criminality is effectively a relevant local problem, but the diffence of mentality with the Continent (and in general from Western habits) has to be considered while admitting a different social organisation and peculiar popularly felt behaviour codes. What is law on the Continent might be considered a social offense here (e.g. no one here considers it polite to show a personal identity document or to have anyone else's behaviour investigated), and vice versa (e.g. there is a noticeable difference about some words and gestures are considered, especially when considering "Honour" even though this is evident mostly in the smaller town nearby and disappearing). It has to be noted that in recent times this behaviour is somewhat reduced to folklore, as well as the criminality rates dwindling. Pages referring to NuoroHere are links to a selection of pages that mention Nuoro within this website: Sardinia Content Referred to by This ArticleFind out more about the information contained in this article by clicking one of the links listed below. Sardinia Snippets of Articles Relating to NuoroItaly > Sardinia In the northern regions of Gallura and Sassari, the language spoken is not Sardinian but a variety of Corsican (as in Corsica). In the island of San Pietro, the dialect spoken is Ligurian, from Genoa. In the city of Alghero in the north, a mediaeval dialect of Catalan is still spoken (the name of the city in Catalan is L'Alguer) as the island was a Catalan colony in the past. Italy > Sardinia > Sassari Sassari (in Italian and Sassarese, a Corsican dialect; either Sassari or Tathari in southern Sardinian), is a town in the province of Sassari in Sardinia, Italy. The second-largest town on the island in terms of population (est. 120,000), Sassari is one of the most ancient Sardinian towns, and contains perhaps the best collection of Sardinian art. Italy > Sardinia > Cagliari Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari is called Casteddu (literally, the castle) in the Sardinian language. It has about 165,000 inhabitants, or about 300,000 including the suburbs (metropolitan area) (Elmas, Pirri, Selargius, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu Sant'Elena). | |
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