 The first denomination of the area is contained in an 1064 document on behalf of Barisone, who requested a foundation of a monastery in his Kingdom of Ore ("in renno, quo dicitur ore").The current name is thought to have originated from corrupt blending of the kingdom's alternative name Logu de Torres.In the Middle Ages it was the centre of Judicate of Logudoro, one of the four quasi-kingdoms in which Sardinia was divided.