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Cavamonti's tools

The caves of tufa that surround Matera have been for centuries the domain of humble cavamonti (zuqquatori) bent on the stones; they cut and extracted with patience and using a particular pick ‘catene, quadrelli, p’zzuttl‘ that were various cuts of tufa of different dimensions used to build houses in the town.

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