Ozieri ( sc, Otieri) is a town and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the

province of Sassari The province of Sassari ( it, provincia di Sassari, sc, provìntzia de Tàtari, sdc, prubìnzia di Sàssari, ca, província de Sàsser, french: province de Sassari, co, pruvincia di Sassari) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sa ...

, northern

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

(

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

), in the

Logudoro The Logudoro (meaning "Golden Place") is a large traditional region Sardinia, Italy. The name of Logudoro today is linked to the Logudorese dialect, which covers a large area of northern-central Sardinia. The first denomination of the area is ...

historical region. Its cathedral of the Immacolata is the episcopal see of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri The Diocese of Ozieri ( la, Dioecesis Octeriensis o Othierensis) is a Roman Catholic bishopric in Sardinia, Italy. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari. History The historical Diocese of Bisarchio was in the province of ...

. Ozieri is the centre of the earliest known archaeological culture on Sardinia (known as

Ozieri culture The Ozieri culture (or San Michele culture) was a prehistoric pre-Nuragic culture that occupied Sardinia from c. 3200 to 2800 BCE. The Ozieri was the culmination of the island's Neolithic culture and takes its name from the locality where early ...

Main sights

* Cathedral of the Immacolata, known from the 15th century. It was restored from 1550 to 1571. It has a nave and two aisles. It houses a poloptych of the ''Madonna di Loreto'' (16th century), work of a local master. *

Basilica In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name ...

of ''

Sant'Antioco di Bisarcio The Basilica di Sant'Antioco of Bisarcio is a countryside church near Chilivani, a ''frazione ''of Ozieri, Sardinia, Italy. Located on an isolated volcanic hill, it is one of the largest Romanesque churches in Sardinia. A Catholic diocese with ...

'', one of the largest Romanesque churches in Sardinia. * Grotte di San Michele (3500–2700 BC) - Ozieri gives its name to the

, 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 * Civic Archaeological Museum "Alle Clarisse", one of the most important museums in Northern Sardinia, with an archaeological, numismatic and ethnographic collection that date from

prehistoric times Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

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 railways station located in the ''frazione'' of Chilivani (lines to

Olbia Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called ''Olbia'' in the Roman age, ...

Porto Torres Porto Torres ( sdc, Posthudorra, sc, Portu Turre) is a comune and a city of the Province of Sassari in north-west of Sardinia, Italy. Founded during the 1st century BC as ''Colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis'', it was the first Roman colony of the ...

and

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

People

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, professional

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player *

Mariangela Demurtas Tristania was a Norwegian gothic metal band formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. Tristania's music is usually classified as Gothic metal with death influences, due to its strong tie and legacy within the gothic metal h ...

, musician, Tristania

Twin towns

Fiorano Modenese Fiorano Modenese ( Modenese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about west of Bologna and about southwest of Modena. Neighboring municipalities are Formigine, Sassuolo, Serra ...

, Italy *

Maranello Maranello ( Modenese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy, 18 km from Modena, with a population of 17,504 as of 2017. It is known worldwide as the home of Ferrari and the Formula 1 racing ...

, Italy

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub