Olzai

Olzai
Country	Italy
region	Sardinia
province	Nuoro  (NU)
Local name	Ortzai
Coordinates	40 ° 11 ′  N , 9 ° 9 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  E
surface	69.85 km²
Residents	820 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	12 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	08020
prefix	0784
ISTAT number	091057
Popular name	olzaesi
Patron saint	Saint Barbara
Website	Olzai

Olzai is a small village on the slope of a valley in the western Barbagia Ollolai, in the province of Nuoro on the Italian island of Sardinia with 820 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Olzai is 40 km southwest of Nuoro . The neighboring communities are: Austis, Nughedu Santa Vittoria (OR), Ottana, Sarule, Sedilo (OR), Sorradile (OR) and Teti.

Attractions

• In the Church of Santa Barbara hangs the archaic Retablo della Peste, commissioned after a plague (1477) . It is the only surviving retable, whose panels form a gable roof. It is the work of that unknown master (possibly that of Antonio Cavaro or his son Lorenzo) to whom the parts of a retable from the rural church of Santa Maria di Sibiola near Serdiana exhibited in the Cagliari Art Gallery are ascribed.

• The dolmen or the giant grave of S'Ena 'e sa Vacca is located directly above the Sedilo - Olzai road.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.