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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Ozieri
| native_name         = Otieri
| official_name       = Città di Ozieri
| image_skyline       = Ozieri - Panorama (01).jpg
| image_caption       = Panorama from [[Monserrato]]
| image_shield        = Ozieri-Stemma.png
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| coordinates         = {{coord|40|35|N|9|00|E|type:city(652)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
| region              = [[Sardinia]]
| province            = [[Province of Sassari|Sassari]] (SS)
| frazioni            = Chilivani, Fraigas, San Nicola, Vigne, Lago Del Coghinas, Regione Badde Pira
| mayor               = Marco Murgia
| mayor_party         =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m         = 390
| area_footnotes      =
| area_total_km2      = 252.13
| population_footnotes =
| population_as_of    = 1-1-2019
| population_total    = 10454
| pop_density_footnotes =
| population_demonym  = Ozierese(-i)
| saint               = [[Antiochus of Sulcis|St. Antiochus]]
| day                 = November, 13
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.ozieri.ss.it}}
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| pushpin_map         = Italy Sardinia
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| postal_code         = 07014
| area_code           = 079
}}
'''Ozieri''' ({{langx|sc|Otieri}}) is a ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the [[province of Sassari]], in the [[Italy|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 ==
[[File:Ozieri - Cattedrale dell'Immacolata (03).JPG|thumb|Cathedral]]
[[File:Sant'antioco_di_bisarcio,_veduta_04.JPG|thumb|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&ndash;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&ndash;4th century AD. It has six arcades for a total length of {{convert|87.50|m|ft|0}}
*[[Civic Archaeological Museum of Ozieri|Civic Archaeological Museum "Alle Clarisse"]], one of the most important museums in Northern Sardinia, with an archaeological, numismatic, and ethnographic collection that dates from [[Prehistory|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
* [[Tristania (band)|Mariangela Demurtas]], musician Tristania
==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fiorano Modenese]], Italy
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maranello]], Italy
== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Ozieri}}
* [http://www.comune.ozieri.ss.it/ Official website]
{{Province of Sassari}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Sardinia]]
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