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OZIERI

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 430 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OZIERI  , a

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town of Sardinia in the province of
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Sassari, from which it is 34 M . E.S.E. by
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rail . Pop . (1901) 9555 . It is situated 128o ft. above sea-level on a steep slope, but faces north, and so is not very healthy . In the centre of the town is a square with a
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fine fountain of 1594 . The
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cathedral was restored in 1848; it is the seat of the diocese of Bisarcio . The former cathedral of this diocese lies some distance to the N.W.; it is a fine Romanesque
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building of the 12th and 13th centuries . The
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district of Ozieri is famous for its butter—the only butter made in Sardinia—cheese and other pastoral products; cattle are also bred here . See D . Scano, Scoria dell' arte in Sardegna dal xi. al xiv. secolo (Cagliari-Sassari, 1907). p . 200 .

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