SAN FELICE CIRCEO

Location: San Felice Circeo, Lazio (Italy) — 41.2307 N, 13.0819 E

Dating: 7th-4th centuries BC

Characteristics:Circeo’s summit was topped with an impressive polygonal acropolis made of precisely fitted masonry. Below Monte Circeo in the local village one can also find remains of rougher cyclopean walls. A particularly interesting feature of the site within the acropolis is a water well made of rough polygonal blocks. Its exact function is unknown.

Polygonal classification: Types I-III (Lugli)

Attribution: Debate is still ongoing between a pre-Roman Latin origin (Volsci) and the Roman Republic.

Specific points to see:

• Acropoli di Circeii – remains of polygonal walls, Pozzo a Tholos
• Via Gino Rossi, 37