Ozieri - Ozieri

Ozieri is a city of Sardinia northern, in the province of Sassari.

To know

It is part of the cities of bread.

Geographical notes

Ozieri is located in the historical region of Monteacuto and borders on Ardara, Chiaramonti, Erula, Ittireddu, Mores, Nughedu San Nicolò, Oschiri, Pattada is Tula.

Background

Prehistoric age

The territory of Ozieri has been populated by man since prehistoric times. One of the most important cultures of pre-Nuragic Sardinia (chronologically framed in the recent Neolithic, second half of the fourth millennium BC) called the culture of San Michele di Ozieri (or more simply "culture of Ozieri"), takes its name from the cave of San Michele where important findings have been made. Apart from a statuette of the Mother Goddess from Bisarcio and some sporadic finds that came to light in the Bariles Cave and related to the Bonu Ighinu culture, local Prehistory is characterized by the culture of San Michele or Ozieri.

This culture datable to the recent Neolithic Early Neolithic (4000-3200 BC) takes its name from the city and the cave of the same name discovered in 1914 by the archaeologist Antonio Taramelli, who carried out the first plan and the first archaeological excavations, in which the ceramic material of exquisite workmanship that contributed to the distinction and definition of the aforementioned culture, widespread throughout the island and characterized by a richly decorated ceramic of which an excellent example is the pyx decorated with taurine protomes in the upper part, taurine protomes and protomes of ram in the lower part and star motif on the bottom, found in the Grotta di San Michele, from which also comes a statue of a Mother Goddess belonging to the same culture.

The phases of the Eneolithic, called the Copper Age or the first metals, articulated between 3200 BC. and 2000 BC, and divided into the Sub - Ozieri or Ozieri II, Filigosa and Abealzu phases, Monte Claro and the bell-shaped Vase which will also continue in the following Ancient Bronze Age, are testified by a bowl with a hull of the Sub Ozieri eneolithic phase while the following Bonnanaro culture, referable to the Ancient Bronze Age, is testified by a tripod vase also coming from the Grotta di San Michele. Also attributable to this culture are the so-called domus de janas, hypogean burials whose name in the local Sardinian language means "Houses of the fairies". In them the form of the earthly house is reproduced, according to the ideology of the continuity of the life of this world in that of the afterlife. These hypogea are widespread throughout the island, there are 150 in the territory of Ozieri alone.

Also important are the domus de janas, hypogean burials whose name in the local Sardinian language means "Fairy houses". In them the shape of the earthly house is reproduced - according to the ideology of the continuity of the life of this world in that of the afterlife - particularly evident in not a few caves that imitate the round gabled house, or the rectangular house with a double sloping roof , or the semicircular house with architectural, decorative and symbolic details. The cells were often painted in red ocher, a symbol of blood and regeneration, and in many cases decorated with symbols such as taurine protomes, often highly stylized.

Nuragic civilization

In the territory of Ozieri there are also the vestiges of the Nuragic civilization such as the characteristic nuraghi, sacred wells and tombs of giants. The most important and original aspect of Sardinian protohistory, during which the relations between the island's populations and the great Aegean civilizations (Crete, Mycenae, Cyprus), and near-eastern civilizations, in particular the Phoenicians, intensify, is represented in the territory of the Municipality of Ozieri of 123 nuraghes, the most important of which are the Nuraghe Bùrghidu, the Nuraghe Sa Mandra and Sa Jua and the Mannu Nuraghe of Bisarcio.

In addition to the towers there are numerous testimonies of large villages in Ozieri, such as that of Cordianu, as well as numerous sources, wells and tombs of giants.

From Ozieri comes an ingot, kept at the archaeological civic museum of Ozieri consisting of pure copper for a weight of about 28 kilos, it is an "ox-hide" type ingot, a name that derives from its ox-skin shape, of origin Aegean-Cypriot, found according to oral sources together with a second example in the foundations of the destroyed Nuraghe Tedde, near the church of S. Antioco di Bisarcio. It is one of the very few intact pieces of Sardinia.

Excavations in the area have brought to light different types of tools used for metalworking: hammers, shovels, pliers, ingots, hatchets and casting dies.

The so-called storeroom of Chilivani, found in the locality of Baldosa in 1921 inside a terracotta ziro, one of the most conspicuous finds of the Nuragic age, was originally made up of 86 artifacts. Of the entire deposit, consisting of two-year axes with orthogonal parallel cuts, wedges, spear cusps and axes with raised edges only a few are exposed to Ozieri. The remaining pieces consisting mainly of axes with raised edges, purchased by Taramelli at the time of the discovery, are exhibited in Cagliari and Sassari.

The remains of votive vessels and figured bronzes such as the "pugilatore" as well as numerous fibulae, bracelets and other ornamental objects also come from the area.

The bridge over the Rio Mannu, known in Sardinian with the name of Pont'ezzu, is of considerable importance from the subsequent Roman period.

Punic and Roman period

No archaeological remains have been found so far that document a Phoenician frequentation of this territory, while the evidence relating to the Punic civilization is more consistent, such as the sporadic finds of ceramic decorated with parallel red bands found in Lentizzu, Fraigas, Sa Costa, Monzu and Sa Mandra and Sa Giua ,. From the locality of Sa Costa comes the "mirror" type stele of the Roman age but of the Roman-Punic tradition. Interesting is the funerary stone of Ferenzio discovered in 1957, in the locality of Cuzi, on the left bank of the Rio Mannu, and dating back to the III-IV century AD. bearing the inscription: Ferentius / Miloni f (lius) vixit ann (is) XLV h (ic) s (itus) e (st) / f (aciendum) c (uravit) filius. The inscription was commissioned by his son in honor of Ferentius, son of Milone, who died at the age of 45.

In Roman times in the territory of Ozieri the settlements were mainly located in structures of the Nuragic age such as Sa Mandra and Sa Jua, while others were widespread in other localities of the territory, such as in Vigne-Suèlzu, Riu Terchis, Baldosa, Cuzi-Badu sa Feminedda, Ruìnas, etc.

The greatest evidence of Roman funerary areas come from Bisarcio and Suèlzu: numerous votive terracotta statuettes have been found in this locality.

In the locality of Ruìnas in 1959, next to the structures referable to houses, an intervention on the ground damaged a series of tombs that have returned objects of the grave goods and a funerary inscription now lost.

There are no architectural testimonies of public places of worship, but there are numerous materials referable to the religiosity of the inhabitants of the area during this period. First of all the clay bust of Sarda Ceres, found inside the Grotta del Carmelo, which depicts the goddess Ceres (late 1st-2nd century AD) protector of crops and all agricultural activities, which seems to confirm the cereal vocation of the plain of Ozieri.

In the territory of Ozieri, that is, along the Roman road that led from Cagliari to Olbia, two were found. Of the first, found towards the end of the 19th century and now disappeared, coming from the locality of San Luca, only the text of the inscription remains, while the second, was found mutilated in 1981 in the locality of Badu sa Feminedda and indicates, in the portion of the registration received, the recognition of the power of the Emperor by the governor of the island, while the name of the emperor and the number of miles are absent.

The territory was served by three bridges over the Rio Mannu di Ozieri: Iscia Ulumu, which leads back to the route along the river, Badu sa Femina Manna and Pont'Ezzu, the latter, better preserved, is located in a strategic place for communications during the Roman era.

Ponte Ezzu is a bridge with six arches, useful for serving the surrounding towns and for streamlining traffic between the north and the center of the island.

The town took the name of Othieri (probably of Proto-Sardinian origin), from which the current name derives.

Middle Ages

As regards the territory of Ozieri in the early Middle Ages, there is little information on a documentary level. It is probable that the fall of the Western Roman Empire had little repercussions on the Ozieri territory, where cereals were to be cultivated in the plains, while the hilly and mountainous territories were destined for the cultivation of vines or used as pastures, having as their natural destination the surplus the port of Newfoundland. Of course, the turbulent period of the Germanic invasions had to affect the crisis of the Gallura port, determining the growth in importance of Torres, destined to become the main port of northern Sardinia.

There is no information on the effects of the vandal domination in the territory, nor is it known whether the ecclesiastics exiled from Africa were sent there. In the same way we do not know what effects the Byzantine reconquest had on the territory, which is testified by the ceramics found in Sa mandra and sa jua and by the numerous buckles found in Bisarcio.

The crisis of the Byzantine Empire as a consequence of the Arab expansion slowly led to the birth of the Giudicati. In the 11th century, a period in which written documentation reappears in appreciable quantities, Sardinia appears divided into four judges: the territory of Ozieri was part of the Giudicato di Torres, which initially had Torres as its capital and later Ardara. In a short time, the Ozieri plain, which connects Ardara with the episcopal center of Bisarcio, became one of the most important territories of the kingdom. Ardara housed a palacium dei giudici, while the cathedral dedicated to S. Antioco was built in Bisarcio.

Between the 11th and 12th centuries the penetration of the upper Tyrrhenian sea towns began in Sardinia: Genoa and Pisa. The latter sought control of the cereal supply in Sardinia, but also aimed at minerals and salt. The expansion of the two republics grew in intensity until it assumed an influential role in determining the political guidelines of the four judges. The Pisan and Genoese penetration in the territory is testified by numerous fragments of Pisan archaic majolica and Savona archaic graffita found throughout the territory, especially at Bisarcio, Pianu, Pira Domestica.

In those same years a series of epidemics developed throughout Europe: these also reached Sardinia. Many villages were abandoned in this period; not that the epidemic was the only cause, but it probably contributed significantly. In the current municipal area of ​​Ozieri there are about 8 abandoned villages: Bisarcio, Pira Domestica, Pianu, Orvei, Lesanis, Guzule (or Butule). In 1323 the Infante Alfonso began the conquest of Sardinia and in 1410 the Giudicato of Arborea fell, transformed into the marquisate of Oristano. In 1421 the territory of Ozieri was given a fief together with many other territories by the Aragonese king to Bernat de Centelles. The area is defined in the sources as Encontrada de Montagut, with Ozieri as its capital, and included the territories of Alà, Bantine, Berchidda, Buddusò, Ittireddu, Monti, Nughedu, Nule, Osidda, Pattada, Tula and other centers that no longer exist today.

The Aragonese and Spanish domination is testified by the numerous ceramic fragments from Valencia and Catalonia.

The 14th-16th century Barcelona and Valencian majolicas found in Badu and wrinkles, Bisarcio, Pìanu, Mesu and rios demonstrate the contacts that our territory had with the rest of the western Mediterranean basin during the Aragonese and Spanish domination.

it was part of the Giudicato of Torres and was included in the curatoria of Monteacuto, of which it was also the capital in the fourteenth century. Previously, the villa of Castra had been the capital of the curatoria, which was then destroyed. Ozieri had considerable importance in the Middle Ages. In the second half of the 11th century it was the seat of the Diocese of Bisarcio, suppressed on 8 December 1503; its territory was merged with that of the diocese of Alghero. It was restored on 9 March 1803 by Pope Pius VII, and in 1915 it changed its name to the diocese of Ozieri, the city where the bishops had placed their headquarters since the time of the restoration.

At the fall of the Giudicato (1259) it became part of the Giudicato of Arborea for a short time, and from around 1420 it was conquered by the Aragonese and then followed, like the rest of the island, the events of the Kingdom of Sardinia. During the Aragonese period it became a fief, then incorporated in the eighteenth century into the duchy of Monte Acuto, a fief of the Tellez-Giron of Alcantara, from whom it was redeemed in 1839 with the suppression of the feudal system.

It was elevated to the rank of city by Carlo Alberto of Savoy on 10 September 1836.

How to orient yourself

Fractions

• Chilivani
• St. Nicholas
• Fraigas

How to get

By plane

• 40.8986119.51751 Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (IATA: OLB) (Located 65 km from Ozieri), ☎ 39 0789 563400, fax: 39 0789 563401. L'Olbia-Costa Smeralda airport it is connected with several Italian and European cities from Alitalia with Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate and other scheduled and low cost airlines including Easyjet, Volotea, Smartwings, Transavia, British Airways, Austrian and many others.  
• 40.6311118.2886112 Alghero-Fertilia Airport (IATA: AHO) (Located 76 km from Ozieri), ☎ 39 079 935011. L'Alghero-Fertilia airport is served by Ryanair with Milan-Bergamo, Bologna, Pisa and some European cities, from Alitalia with Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate and other airlines such as Volotea, Easyjet, etc ... which operate national flights and with Europe.  
• 39.259.053 Cagliari-Elmas Airport (IATA: CAG) (201 km from Ozieri), ☎ 39 070 211211, fax: 39 070 241013. L'Cagliari-Elmas airport it is served by Ryanair with Pisa, Bologna, Milan-Bergamo, Rome Ciampino, Treviso, Cuneo, Bologna and some European cities, by Alitalia with Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate and by other airlines serving other national and European destinations.  

From the following airports it is possible, thanks to several car rental companies present, to rent a car to reach Ozieri.

By car

• From Alghero, Porto Torres, Sassari, Macomer, Oristano is Cagliari take the SS 131 Carlo Felice and take the "Olbia-Tempio-Ozieri" exit, then, take the SS 729 Sassari-Olbia and take the latter until the exit for Ozieri, take the latter to reach your destination.
• From Olbia take the SS 729 Sassari-Olbia and take the exit for Ozieri.
• From Nuoro take the SS 131 d.c.n. towards Cagliari, then take the "Macomer-Sassari" exit and take the SS 129 Trasversale Sarda until the "Bottidda-Nule-Ozieri-Bono" exit, take this exit and take the SP 84 until the "Benetutti exit" -Bono-Ozieri-Olbia ", here, take this exit and merge onto the SP 10m, follow the latter until the" Ozieri-Buddusò "exit, take this exit, follow the signs for Ozieri and take the SS 389 dirA up to the junction with the SS 128 bis Centrale Sarda. Once here, turn right for Ozieri and then arrive at your destination after about 20km.

On boat

From the ports of Porto Torres, Olbia- White Island, Golfo Aranci is Cagliari.

On the train

• 40.60948.9338894 Ozieri-Chilivani railway station (TO Chilivani). The station is crossed by two lines: the Cagliari-Golfo Aranci and the Maritime Chilivani-Porto Torres.  

By bus

You can reach Ozieri from Sassari with the ARST 761 line or from San Teodoro with the ARST 9213 line.

How to get around

What see

Churches

• 40.6444448.89251 Basilica of Sant'Antioco di Bisarcio. Romanesque church from the 11th century.  
• 40.5855569.0033332 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Church of the fifteenth century.  
• 40.5826839.0025813 Church of Santa Lucia. 19th century church.  
• 40.5857039.0004444 Church of San Francesco. Church of the sixteenth century.  
• 40.58555695 Convent of San Francesco (Ozieri). Convent of the sixteenth century.  
• 40.5828479.0049366 Church of the Beata Vergine del Carmelo. 17th century church.  
• 40.5811469.0020317 Church of Santi Cosma e Damiano. Church of the sixteenth century.  
• 40.5838978.9900568 Church of the Beata Vergine di Monserrato. Country church of the sixteenth century.  
• 40.5876089.0011649 Church of San Sebastiano. 17th century church.  
• 40.5861539.00298110 Church of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary. 17th century church.  
• 40.5921729.00107611 Church of the Beata Vergine del Loreto. Church of the fifteenth century.  
• 40.5825429.00081412 Church of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie. Church of the sixteenth century.  
• 40.6107978.99295613 Church of San Nicola. 13th century church.  
• 40.5822649.00937814 Church of the Holy Infant of Prague.  

Museums

• 40.585929.0014415 Civic Archaeological Museum, Peter Micca Square (Located in the former convent of the Poor Clares.), ☎ 39 079 7851052, fax: 39 079 7851052, @[email protected]. Adults: € 5.00; children up to 12 years and adults over 60 years: € 4.00; groups over 10 people and students of all levels: € 4.00 per person; disabled: free admission; organized groups: single ticket to be agreed. Tue-Fri 9: 00-13: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00; Sat-Sun 9: 00-13: 00 and 15: 00-18: 00.  
• 40.5843899.002516 Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, Via Umberto I 37, ☎ 39 079 786093, 39 347 1546083, fax: 39 079 786093, @[email protected]. Full: € 3.00; families and groups of at least 8 people: € 2.00; free admission under 12 and over 60.. Fri-Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and 15: 00-18: 00. 
• 40.5877789.00194417 Giuseppe Altana Picture Gallery, Via de Gasperi (It is located on the premises of a former power plant), ☎ 39 079 787638, @promotion. [email protected]. Full: 3.00; reduced: € 2.00. Opens by reservation. 
• 40.5839179.00118 Taverna dell'Aquila Museum, Via Tempio 6 (Corner of Via Sauro), ☎ 39 079 786249, 39 340 7176230, @[email protected]. Opens by reservation. Private ethnographic museum.  

• 40.5880569.00166719 Milling Art Museum, Sos Ortos region, ☎ 39 079 787188, fax: 39 079 788093, @[email protected]. Mon-Fri 7: 30-13: 00 and 14: 30-18: 00. 
• 40.5850839.00363920 Horse Museum, Piazza Duchessa Borgia 4, ☎ 39 079 781622, fax: 39 079 781623, @[email protected]. Mon 9: 00-14: 00; Tue-Fri 9: 00-18: 30. 

Other

• 40.5808929.00414321 Caves of San Michele, via San Michele, s.n.c, ☎ 39 079 787638, @segreteria. [email protected]. Full: € 3, reduced: € 2. November-March: Tue-Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and 14: 00-17: 00; April-October Tue-Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and 15: 00-18: 00.  
• 40.5837419.0046922 Grixoni Fountain. Public source of the 16th-19th century.  
• 40.6141678.97888923 Pont'ezzu. Roman bridge from the 2nd century AD  

Events and parties

What to do

Shopping

How to have fun

Shows

• 40.588259.0041391 Civic Theater Oriana Fallaci, Largo Oriana Fallaci, ☎ 39 349 3614265, @[email protected]. Shows are organized here. 

Where to eat

Average prices

• 40.5807229.0031671 San Micheal, Via San Michele, ☎ 39 348 4124220. Restaurant. 
• 40.5810839.0031392 Ladybug, Via San Michele, ☎ 39 079 770505. Restaurant. 
• 40.5809729.0010283 Manigamus, Via Station 3, ☎ 39 079 771114, 39 324 5314069, @[email protected]. Thu-Mar 9: 00-23: 00. Restaurant. 
• 40.5843899.0024 The Tower, Piazza Carlo Alberto, ☎ 39 079 786410, @[email protected]. 11: 30-15: 30 and 18: 30-23: 00. Pizzeria-sandwich shop. 
• 40.58555695 Tower, Cantaro escarpment 1, ☎ 39 079 786695, @[email protected]. 12: 30-15: 30 and 19: 30-23: 00. Restaurant Pizzeria. 
• 40.5841679.0034726 Crescent moon, Via Vittorio Emanuele 8, ☎ 39 348 6966753. Pizzeria. 
• 40.5846949.0023617 Sprint pizza, Via Umberto I 6 / B, ☎ 39 079 783021. Pizzeria. 
• 40.5859449.0006948 Theater, Garibaldi Square, ☎ 39 392 4906350, @[email protected]. Wed-Mon 12: 00-14: 30 and 19: 00-23: 00. Restaurant Pizzeria. 

Where stay

Average prices

• 40.5995569.0064721 Santu Larentu, San Lorenzo region, ☎ 39 348 3834767. Check in: 14:00-20:00, check-out: By 12:00. B&B. 
• 40.5938618.9973612 Artist's House, Location Sa Cuighina, ☎ 39 079 786281, 39 339 1333188, @[email protected]. B&B. 
• 40.5873069.0010283 Amariglio, Piazza San Sebastiano 3, ☎ 39 346 3031575, @[email protected]. B&B. 
• 40.587758.9978614 Gavi, Via Rino Canalis 21, ☎ 39 079 787792. B&B. 
• 40.5858069.0014445 Duos apposentos, Via Umberto I 27, ☎ 39 347 6898522, 39 338 6406960. B&B. 
• 40.5850839.0014176 As a Cardinal, Via Cirenaica 6/8, ☎ 39 347 0610520. B&B. 
• 40.5846949.0010837 Carru de Ammentos, Via Roma 24, ☎ 39 340 1386966. Check in: 16:00-20:00, check-out: 8:00-10:00. 
• 40.5848899.0044448 Montiju, Via Alessandro Volta 11, ☎ 39 349 8168877, @[email protected]. B&B. 
• 40.5837788.9944449 The house on the roofs, Via Monserrato 16, ☎ 39 345 0631855. B&B. 
• 40.5798619.01136110 Salighes, Salighes Region 5, ☎ 39 328 6114679. B&B. 
• 40.5771119.02102811 Mount Hymns, Mount Hymns region, ☎ 39 347 0907024. Holiday home. 
• 40.5881949.01616712 Tramentu, Via Martiri delle Foibe, Tramentu Region, ☎ 39 392 0487720. B&B. 

Safety

Useful numbers

• 40.5863899.0000835 Police Station, Via Vittorio Veneto 46, ☎ 39 079 7810000, @[email protected]. Mon-Sat 9: 00-13: 00. 
• 40.5861948.9995286 Municipal police, Via Vittorio Veneto 11, ☎ 39 079 781224, fax: 39 079 786472, @[email protected]. Mon-Fri 9: 00-13: 00; Tue 9: 00-13: 00 and 16: 00-18: 00. 
• 40.5928068.9998067 Carabinieri, Via Martiri della Libertà 10, ☎ 39 079 7810100, @[email protected]. 
• 40.5829.005758 Guardia di Finanza - Command Tenenza Ozieri, Via Roma 179, ☎ 39 079 770173, @[email protected]. 
• 40.5813619.0061399 Fire fighters, Via Donnighedda, ☎ 39 079 770767, fax: 39 079 770767. 
• 40.5880839.00402810 Forest Station, Via Sebastiano Satta 13, ☎ 39 079 788057, fax: 39 079 786266, @[email protected]. Mon and Fri 10: 00-13: 00; Wed 14: 00-17: 00. 
• 40.5803899.00241711 Antonio Segni Hospital, Via Colle Cappuccini, ☎ 39 079 779111, fax: 39 079 770320. 

How to keep in touch

Post office

• 40.5853899.00155612 Post Office, Piazza Garibaldi 41, ☎ 39 079 7810831, fax: 39 079 786777. Mon-Fri 8: 20-19: 05; Sat 8: 20-12: 35. 

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