Category: Culture

If the human presence in Corsica is estimated at -10 000 before J-C and that one finds traces of proto-Corsican civilization towards -5 000 before J-C, the Casteddu of Cucuruzzu dates him from the age of old bronze (1 800 before J-C).

It is one of the biggest and imposing fortifications of Corsica, abandoned by its inhabitants in the IIIrd before our era.
This fortress village (a casteddu) of about 450m2 even allows to imagine the places where the inhabitants exercised their activities of pottery, weaving, etc…

This magnificent walk through a real fairy tale forest with dreamlike rocks is to be done in family and will allow you to discover not only the site of Cucuruzzu but also the more recent Casteddu of Capula (a medieval site built in the 10th century).

Do not hesitate to finish this discovery by visiting the museum of Alta Roca in Levie where the pieces discovered on this site are exposed.

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Office de tourisme de l’Alta Rocca
Collectivité de Corse

The city of Aleria was founded by the Phoceans in 565 BC under the name of Alalia, then the Etruscans and the Cartagenes followed. In 259 BC, the Romans took the city and changed its name to Aleria.

For almost seven centuries, it was the heart of the Romanization of Corsica, serving as a strategic operational base for access to other important places on the coast and inland, as well as a place of exile for political opponents (Seneca, in order to keep him away from Rome, stayed there under the supervision of the governor of the island).

It was also a commercial port (the sea at that time was much closer than nowadays) for the shipment of ores, oil, cork, wool and wine to Rome.

It was Prospère Mérimée who located the site in 1840 and today the museum is housed in the Fort of Matra built by the Genoese in the 14th century.

Numerous objects resulting from several excavation campaigns are exposed there allowing the understanding not only of prehistoric and ancient Corsica, but also to know the civilizations of the Mediterranean basin.

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Office de tourisme de la Côte Orientale

The Castellu d’Araghju is a prehistoric site built by the Torreans, a civilization present in Corsica in the second half of the 2nd century BC (Bronze Age).
The access to this site is by a pedestrian path a little bit steep but very pleasant and the view of the Castellu on the gulf of Porto-Vecchio is magnificent.
You can walk inside after having crossed the entrance of the fortress by passing under an impressive lintel.

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Torréenne culture (wikipédia)

In the 14th century, the Genoese decided to move the residence of the governors from the site of Biguglia, which was very exposed to external attacks, to a rocky promontory located above a fishing village (Portu Cardu) where they built a bastion and then surrounded it with a citadel. It then developed from this bastion

Today Bastia has many districts: U Mercà (the market), U Vecchju Portu (the old port), Monserattu, …

A stroll through the citadel, the governor’s palace, the old port, the old market square, the old town, the Saint Nicolas square and its numerous churches (Saint Jean Batiste, the Immaculate Conception, Sainte Croix, etc…) is always a spectacle for the eyes and the taste buds.

Without forgetting the Aldilonda which will offer you a ballade under the citadel and above the sea.

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Tourist Office of Bastia