Administratively speaking, Gairo Taquisara is the mountain fraction of Gairo Sant'Elena. It is located on the pleasant plateau, formed by the bottom of the valley, on which following the direction of the sea flows the homonymous river, and currently has about 200 inhabitants (450 in the early '70s)It was built in 1928, in the town called Genn'e Ua, below the Taccu Isàra (from which Taquisara) and was built in 1928.
The first inhabitants settled in Sardegna in the prospect of the complementary railway station, which with its narrow gauge, started from Cagliari and arrived in Arbatax, climbing inevitably between the gorges and the mountains of Ogliastra and Barbagia. When the station was built at the end of the 19th century, it was called "Gairo Taquisara", referring to the nearby name of Osini, which was later modified as we know it today. Perhaps the original name of the place (Genn'e Ua) did not sound good to the engineers and railway managers. However, the new village, in the first decade of construction, was named "Gairo Littorio" in tribute to the duce. The station was also called "Gairo Scalo", because it served as the terminus for the branch to Jerzu (now decommissioned and hosting the "Art Station", where the works of Maria Lai are exposed). In those years, 55 houses were built for the families, which were swept away by the flood in November 1927. The "Gerruttu" district of Gairo S.Elena was irreversibly damaged. The pre-existing presence of important structures for the production of bricks, tiles and lime, but also gravel and stone that with special trains could quickly reach it, The French authorities were convinced to choose it for the construction of new houses to house the evacuees. The station was very active until the whole post-war period. In fact, the quantities of minerals, coal and sleepers that were brought from the surrounding territories with oxen and mule wagons to the port of Arbatax were significant. The end of fascism and the abandonment of all his memory, led to the restoration of the original name of Gairo Taquisara.