Castellu di Capula
The Castellu di Capula is a cult site of the Torre culture on the Mediterranean island of Corsica , which was inhabited until the Middle Ages . It is located between Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano and Levie on the approximately 900 m high granite plateau Pianu di Levie. Nearby are the similar facilities Castellu di Cucuruzzu and Forcina as well as the "Forêt du temps" (Forest of Time).
The entrance to the complex is lined with boulders, some of them with plaque formations . Two sections of the wall show horizontal layers of stone made of small square stones that represent a kind of parapet. These stones were walled up to the natural rock blocks with lime mortar. The higher part of the two walls, built from slightly larger stones, forms a kind of retaining wall for the entrance ramp to the terrace.
The statue menhir at the entrance consists of two fragments and shows the armament with a 94 cm long sword.
An abri , whose use has been documented from the end of the Neolithic to the Middle Ages, is to the side of the entrance. Elements of a medieval construction are visible. To the south is the entrance with a threshold covered with slabs. To the east, a double-faced wall borders a stove made of plates, which is adjoined by a surface made of baked clay. Local and imported ceramics were found here . Of particular note is a small Pisan jug from the 14th century (now in the Levie Museum). Numerous nails were found near the threshold that suggest a wooden door that closed the area.
In the center of the Castellu di Capula are the foundations of two medieval buildings. The walls of the trapezoidal hall A were joined with lime mortar. The corners of room B are made of hewn blocks. Otherwise they are made of dry masonry . In the west there is a higher monument (donjon) whose function is unknown.
The head of the excavation, which did not reveal any prehistoric finds, is "François de Lanfranchi", director of the Institut Corse d'Etudes Prehistoriques.
Away from the Castellu is the Saint-Laurent chapel, built in 1917 from the stones of the medieval chapel, of which only the foundation walls remain.
literature
- Eugène Bonifay (Red.): Préhistoire de la Corse. Center Regional de la Documentation Pédagogique, Ajaccio 1990, ISBN 2-86620-50-3 .
- Roger Grosjean : The Megalithic Culture of Corsica. In: Looking around in science and technology. Volume 64, H. 13, 1964, ISSN 0041-6347 , pp. 403-407.
Coordinates: 41 ° 43 ′ 19.2 " N , 9 ° 7 ′ 56.6" E