How was created the prehistoric centre of Filitosa?
My father Charles-Antoine Cesari bought a large estate here at Filitosa in 1946. He wanted to start horse breeding, but when he began to cut the brushwood he discovered several statue-menhirs lying at the foot of a mound within his property. He also found the remains of some ancient buildings. Mr Roger Grosjean then took a systematic dig at Filitosa. Since then, the site has been maintained by my family. What is Filitosa now? It is the most beautiful window open on Corsican prehistory. How many vistors come to Filitosa each year? Almost 500,000 in seven months, as we are open to the public from April to October. How is managed the site? It has always been a private site. At the beginning it was my father that funded everything. Now it is a private association, Les Amis de Filitosa (Friends of Filitosa) that manages the site. Filitosa is now in the Unesco’s World Heritage Sites list. But if it is well known is because we are working a lot to promote it. Other prehistoric sites in Corsic
