This study combines battlefield archaeology with historical research to reconstruct the fortifications thrown up at Pietralunga in Piedmont during the war of the Austrian Succession and the battle which took place there on 19 April 1744. Italian text.This study combines battlefield archaeology with historical research to reconstruct the fortifications thrown up at Pietralunga in Piedmont during the war of the Austrian Succession and the battle which took place there on 19 April 1744. Italian text.