It is the soft limestone carved by time, water and man, along the slopes of the Murge plateau overlooking the plain of Taranto, that marks Massafra built between two ravines. Angelo Delisanti gives us glimpses, lets us into some of the houses to show how the caves, inhabited since classical times, were slowly incorporated into homes over the centuries and have been transformed into bedrooms, kitchens, warehouses. Even the courtyards which overlook several houses, called "Vicinanza" (neighbourhood), are carved from the soft rock and they serve as meeting points, outdoor workplaces and are also used to direct rainwater to the tanks. A unique urban landscape where, in 1964 Pasolini, who was in search of places to shoot his movie "The Gospel according to St. Matthew", found the Nazareth he was looking for.
