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NUORO , a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Sardinia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Sassari, 382 m. E. of See also:Macomer by See also:rail. Pop. (1901) 6739. It is situated 1905 ft. above See also:sea-level in the See also:east central portion of the See also:island, amid See also:fine scenery. Nuoro was the See also:capital of a province from 1848 to 186o. It is connected by road with See also:Fonni, Bitti and Orosei. An inscription discovered in situ about 13 M. W. of Nuoro in 1889, near Orotelli, has the letters FIN NVRR (fin(es)Nufr. . . ), which are explained as referring to the boundaries of the territory of Nuoro in See also:Roman times, showing (what was not known before) that the name and the See also:place are of Roman origin (F. Vivanet in Notizie degli scavi, 1889, 202).

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