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Mount Ortobene (Orthobene in the local dialect) is a mountain in the province of Nuoro, in central Sardinia, Italy, close to the town of Nuoro.

Ortobene
Highest point
Elevation	955 m (3,133 ft)
Coordinates	40°19′16.79″N 9°22′16.61″E
Geography
Ortobene Sardinia, Italy

There are two main parks: "Sedda Ortai" and "Il Redentore". At the feet of the mountain is a nuraghe archaeological area including the Domus de janas tombs. On the mountain's top is the bronze "Statue of Christ the Redeemer" by Vincenzo Jerace (1901).

Flora of the Ortobene include mostly holm oaks, while wildlife include Sardinian wild boar, weasel, marten, garden dormouse, Sardinian fox, European hare, Barbary partridge, great and lesser spotted woodpecker, Eurasian jay, blue rock-thrush, wood pigeon, Dartford warbler, goshawk, Eurasian sparrowhawk, common kestrel, peregrine falcon and golden eagle.

Grazia Deledda, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926, wrote about Mount Ortobene:[1]

No, it's not true that the Ortobene can be compared to other mountains; there's only one Ortobene in the whole world: it's our heart, it's our soul, our character, everything big and small, kind and tough and rough and sorrowful in us.

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[de] Monte Ortobene

Der Monte Ortobene ist ein Granitberg im Osten der Stadt Nuoro in der gleichnamigen Provinz auf Sardinien, etwa sieben Kilometer von der Provinzhauptstadt entfernt. Eine Straße schlängelt sich als Rundweg um den Berg. Zwischen Macchie mit Pinien, Steineichen und Zypressen liegen in der Nähe zweier Quellen, Picknickplätze.

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- [en] Ortobene

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[es] Ortobene

El Monte Ortobene (Orthobene en el dialecto local) es una montaña que se encuentra en la provincia de Nuoro, en el centro de Cerdeña, Italia, cerca de la ciudad de Nuoro.

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[it] Monte Ortobene

Il monte Ortobene (in sardo nuorese: Orthobène) è un'antica altura granitica, che si eleva ad est della città di Nuoro.

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