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Ozieri

Otieri
Comune
Città di Ozieri
Panorama from Monserrato
Panorama from Monserrato
Coat of arms of Ozieri
Coat of arms
Country Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Sassari (SS)
Frazioni Chilivani, Fraigas, San Nicola, Vigne, Lago Del Coghinas, Regione Badde Pira
Area
 • Total 252.13 km2 (97.35 sq mi)
Elevation
390 m (1,280 ft)
Population
 (1-1-2019)
 • Total 10,454
 • Density 41.4627/km2 (107.388/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Ozierese(-i)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
07014
Dialing code 079
Patron saint St. Antiochus
Saint day November, 13

Ozieri (Sardinian: Otieri) is a comune (municipality) of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, in the Italian region of Sardinia, in the Logudoro historical region.

Its cathedral of the Immacolata is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri. Ozieri is the centre of the earliest known archaeological culture on Sardinia (known as Ozieri culture).

Main sights

Ozieri - Cattedrale dell'Immacolata (03)
Cathedral
Sant'antioco di bisarcio, veduta 04
Sant'Antioco di Bisarcio
  • The Cathedral of the Immacolata dates from the 15th century and was restored from 1550 to 1571. It has a nave and two aisles and houses a polyptych of the Madonna di Loreto (16th century), the work of a local master.
  • Basilica of Sant'Antioco di Bisarcio, one of the largest Romanesque churches in Sardinia.
  • Grotte di San Michele (3500–2700 BC) - Ozieri gives its name to the Ozieri culture, a prehistoric civilization whose first findings were excavated in the local caves of San Michele starting from 1914.
  • Pont'ezzu, a Roman bridge dating to the 2nd century AD and restored in the 3rd–4th century AD. It has six arcades for a total length of 87.50 metres (287 ft)
  • Civic Archaeological Museum "Alle Clarisse", one of the most important museums in Northern Sardinia, with an archaeological, numismatic, and ethnographic collection that dates from prehistoric times to the modern age.

Transportation

Ozieri can be reached from Sassari through the SS.597 National Road and by Olbia (SS.199).

The city has a railway station located in the frazione of Chilivani (lines to Olbia, Porto Torres and Cagliari).

People

  • Luca Sbisa (born 1990), professional ice hockey player
  • Mariangela Demurtas, musician Tristania

Twin towns

  • Italy Fiorano Modenese, Italy
  • Italy Maranello, Italy
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