 Originally the village stood a couple of kilometers from the current location, the ruins are located near the rural church of San Lussorio, near the banks of the Flumini Mannu (more formerly Ptolemy refers to "Rivus Sacer" "sacred" or "Hierus") where the waters of the Rio Piras and Riu Bruncu Fenugu meet.The homonymous nuraghe (Santu Sciori) and a Roman bridge (still standing) called "Su ponti de sa baronessa" testify to the ancient origins of the village.During the Middle Ages it belonged to the giudicato of Arborea and more precisely to the curatorial office of Bonorzuli, the ancient centre was destroyed by the Saracens and rebuilt in its current position.