Luras

Luras
Country	Italy
region	Sardinia
province	Sassari  (SS)
Local name	Luras / Lurisi
Coordinates	40 ° 56 '  N , 9 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 56 '0 "  N , 9 ° 11' 0"  E
height	500  m slm
surface	87.03 km²
Residents	2,486 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	29 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	07025
prefix	079
ISTAT number	090037
Popular name	Luresi
Patron saint	Mary of the Rosary
Website	Luras

Luras ( Sardinian : Luras , Gallurese: Lurisi ) is an Italian municipality with 2,486 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Sassari and in the historical region of Gallura in Sardinia . Luras is over 500 meters above sea level and is about 11 km from Tempio Pausania and 38 km from Olbia .

Surname

The name Luras comes from the Latin lura , which should mean sack, because the rocks in the area are reminiscent of them. The place is on a plateau full of boulders, in the bareest area of ​​Gallura. The tancas (boundary walls) shape the picture.

The neighboring communities are Arzachena , Calangianus , Luogosanto , Sant'Antonio di Gallura and Tempio Pausania . In contrast to the other places in Gallura, an original Sardinian from the Central Sardinian ( Logudorese ) dialect family is still spoken in Luras ; why this is so is unclear.

history

Some historians assume that the place Luras, near which prehistoric traces can be found, on a foundation of the Etruscans in the year 862 BC. BC goes back, although an occupation of Sardinia by the Etruscans cannot be proven. The first written evidence of Luras is the Carta Pisana dating back to 1300, in the villages of Giudicato Gallura were listed. During this time and in the subsequent Aragonese period (until 1479), various settlements emerged around Luras, which were later abandoned. Luras later became part of the County of Gallura (until 1839). In the 19th century the people of Lures began to trade their products. These included the berrittas (headgear used by Sardinian men), wool, leather, cork and iron goods, fabrics, wine and other agricultural products. Today mainly agriculture is practiced (arable farming, livestock farming, cork oak cultivation and viticulture, for example the Vermentino di Gallura from the Vermentino grape variety ).

Attractions

In Luras are the four dolmens of Luras . The Alzoledda, Billella, Ciuledda and Ladas facilities are partly well-preserved dolmens and are made from local granite .

S'ozzastru, natural monument since 1991 (Monumento naturale)

In 1765 the decaying parish church of St. James was demolished and built by today's parish church of the Rosary Mother in the neo-Romanesque style. There are also several smaller churches in the center and in the fields (chiese Campestri)

Old oleasters (Olea Europea subsp. Sylvestris ) stand on the shores of Lake Liscia , the oldest of them, called S'ozzastru (Sardinian for the olive tree) by the Luresians, has a circumference of about 22 meters and could be over 3800 years old be. It is therefore one of the oldest trees in Europe. The other two old olive trees are 2500 and 500 years old.

Museums

There are two private museums in Luras. In the Museo Galluras everyday objects of earlier times are exhibited and the Collezione Forteleoni shows art objects made of cork, which were made by the Lureser artist Tonino Forteleoni (1939-1996).

traffic

The connecting road from Calangianus via Luras to the SS 133 (Santa Teresa or Palau) crosses a stretch of bare Gallura. No trees, no bushes, only tancas (boundary walls) criss-cross a plateau full of boulders, barren pastures and small farms with livestock.

Luras has a station on the narrow-gauge Sassari – Palau railway , which is served by Trenino Verde in the summer months .

Web links

Commons : Luras  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Luras at La mia Sardegna (Italian)
• Sardegna Turismo: Dolmen di Luras , pictures and description (English and Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ LE CHIESE CAMPESTRI DI LURAS
3. ↑ Museo Galluras
4. ↑ Collezione Forteleoni