| The cluster of rock dwellings of Lama d’Antico was probably already inhabited in the 10th century. At the centre of the settlement is the church, excavated on the north side of a ravine in a high position. The floor-plan is rectangular, divided into two naves by a series of pillars. A series of 23 small arches is carved along the wall running from the entrance along the whole of the smaller nave. The apse of the church is oriented eastwards, as are those of the other rock-cut churches of San Giovanni and San Lorenzo in the same settlement. The wall with the apse is still covered with frescoes. In the upper part is the Deesis, with Christ Pantokrator between the Virgin and Child and St. John the Baptist.
On the sides of the ravine are various other natural and artificial cavities. The caves were used as dwellings, storehouses and workshops (e.g. for olive pressing), in a village whose formation was both spontaneous and absolutely in keeping with its location
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