Monte Morra (San Polo dei Cavalieri, RM): abitato fortificato su sommità montana del Bronzo finale e primo Ferro. Scavi 2023

Archaeological surveys carried out in the 70s of the last century have led to the identification of a protohistoric fortified site on the top of Monte Morra (1.036 m. a.s.l.), a mountainous relief that is part of the Monti Lucretili (short mountain range east of Rome), characterized by steep slopes, from whose summit it is possible to control a large portion of the territory of Latium vetus. The stratigraphic excavations carried out in 2023 by the University of Naples “Federico II” have confirmed the presence of a protohistoric settlement. A preliminary study of the ceramic finds allowed us to hypotesize a first phase of the settlement datable to the final Bronze Age; starting from the Early Iron Age the settlement is reorganized with terracing and the realization of a complex defensive work consisting of blocks of dry limestone.