Muravera (SU)
Latitude: 39.4220
Longitude: 9.5745
Population: 5272
Area: 93,51
Density: 56,38
Muravera owes a recent tourist development of its municipal territory a large part of its economic resources, while among the activities of ancient tradition, in addition to agriculture, pond fishing takes place, exercised with modern methods in the S. Giovanni fish pond, and the sheep pastoralism, carried out in the wild in the surrounding mountainous complex, where once the characteristic "cuili" (sheepfolds) constituted the community shelter of the shepherds and the milk processing center.
The only testimony of some historical-monumental value is, in the heart of the town, the parish church of S. Nicola, reached by some alleys to the left of the main road, its appearance reveals many overlapping and alterations suffered.
Human settlements in the Muraverese area can be traced back to prehistoric times as evidenced by the megalithic complex of Piscina Rei, and that of Nuraghe Scalas. The area was then subject to Phoenician, Punic and Roman settlements.
In the Middle Ages the village of "Murahera" first formed part of the Giudicato of Cagliari, curatoria of Sarrabus, and then of the Giudicato of Gallura from 1258.
After the disappearance of the latter, it was managed directly by the Maritime Republic of Pisa. Following the Aragonese invasion in 1324, it came under the protection of various families, including the powerful noble family of Carroz, Centelles and Osorio.
