Located in La Selva district, it is surrounded by a large forest. The building rests on the rocky shoulder of a "lama", on which many constructions were built between the 17th and the 19th centuries, enclosed within a single walled enclosure.
(Tommaselli M., Il Parco della Murgia Materana. Guida all'Escursionismo, Matera, Edizioni Giannatelli, (2002))