Ozieri

Ozieri lies in the Monte Acuto district of northern Sardinia. During Aragonese rule it became a feudal possession, and finds of fourteenth- to sixteenth-century pottery from Barcelona and Valencia in the surrounding area show links with the western Mediterranean. The town gained importance after the Aragonese conquest, while the former diocese of Bisarcio was united with Alghero in 1503.

A community council was established in 1771 as part of reforms across Sardinia. In 1803 the diocese of Bisarcio was restored with its seat at Ozieri, since the old settlement of Bisarcio had long been abandoned. Ozieri also became a provincial capital in the early nineteenth century.