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The archaeological sites of Cucuruzzu and Capula, on the Levie plateau, form a major heritage ensemble in southern Corsica. The castellu of Cucuruzzu, continuously occupied from the Middle Bronze Age until the 3rd century BC, comprises an enclosure measuring 40 x 20 metres built of enormous granite blocks (up to one tonne each), preserved to an average height of 5 metres, a single entrance with a staircase cut into the granite, and a tower retaining its original corbelled vault, a unique case in Corsica. Discovered in 1959, it was excavated by Roger Grosjean from 1963 and then by François de Lanfranchi until the 1990s, acquired by the State in 1975 and listed as a historic monument in 1982. Nearby, at an altitude of 759 metres, the castellu of Capula was built on Bronze/Iron Age foundations, around the 9th century according to some sources (10th–11th century according to others), by Bianco, Count of Corsica, known as Lord Biancolacci; listed as a historic monument in 1990, it was the seat of an influential lordship until the Middle Ages. The ensemble, restored in 1991 and again in 2016–2017, belongs to the Collectivité de Corse and is open to visitors today.