Terra scavata means Dug Land.
The island of Favignana is mostly made of tuff.
The extraction of this stone has been one of the main economical activity of the island for long time, which deeply affected its rural landscape. A new man made landscape was created, made of cathedrals of rocks, pyramidal eaves, surreal geometrical holes in the ground. The villages are yellow like cream and the sea looks like a weird chessboard of a giant.
