Poggio Bonizio Excavations: The Medieval City beneath the Fortress
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Archaeological excavation has recovered streets, houses and workshops from the medieval settlement destroyed in the thirteenth century.
Look for wall thickness, changes in ground level and irregular alignments that may survive later rebuilding.
The medieval question is institutional: who controlled land, movement and defense here, and which relationships survived when later buildings replaced the original fabric?
The commercial value of this stop is specificity: it explains something residents know visually but visitors would normally pass without understanding.
The previous stop emphasized war, while the next shifts toward culture. The change of lens is deliberate.
That is why this stop belongs in a full-town guide rather than a highlights list: it explains a mechanism that shaped everyday life.
A useful local-history question is what had to happen here every day for the place to work; repeated routines often explain a town better than exceptional ceremonies.
The present appearance should not be treated as the historical endpoint. Ownership, users and surroundings may have changed even when the address remained familiar.