Frantoio Ipogeo Bottega Dormiente

The Frantoio Ipogeo Bottega Dormiente in Grottaglie reveals itself to the visitor after descending a staircase. The space, although heavily altered, is of natural origin, as evidenced by the ceiling and the tunnel at the far left, used for storing ceramic processing waste.\n\nThe cave, one of many found in the Ceramic Quarter, which until the 1950s was still known as Gravina di San Giorgio, has gone through three historical phases: a medieval rupestrian stage, a modern period during which it was used as an olive press, and a contemporary phase that saw the establishment of the ceramics workshop.\n\nVarious testimonies such as furnaces and presses still tell of the cave's different uses today.