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

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OZIERI , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia in the See also:

province of See also:

SASSARI

Sassari, from which it is 34 M. E.S.E. by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901) 9555. It is situated 128o ft. above See also:

sea-level on a steep slope, but faces See also:

north, and so is not very healthy. In the centre of the town is a square with a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain of 1594. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral was restored in 1848; it is the seat of the See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Bisarcio. The former cathedral of this diocese lies some distance to the N.W.; it is a fine Romanesque See also:

BUILDING

building of the 12th and 13th centuries. The See also:

DISTRICT

district of Ozieri is famous for its See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter—the only butter made in Sardinia—See also:

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese and other See also:

PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral products; See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle are also bred here. See D. Scano, See also:

SCORIA (Lat. scoria, slag)

Scoria dell' arte in Sardegna dal xi. al xiv. secolo (Cagliari-Sassari, 1907). p. 200.

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