Lama d'Antico, Nature reserve and national heritage site in Fasano, Italy.

Lama d'Antico is a rock settlement in the territory of Fasano, in the province of Brindisi, carved into the calcarenite walls of a lama, an ancient riverbed that runs down to the Adriatic. Over thirty groups of caves line its slopes, at times on several levels, and at least twenty can be visited. On the left bank stand three rock churches, the largest of which, with two naves, gives the site its name.

The area contains traces of human settlement reaching back to the Bronze Age, with dwellings carved into rock as early evidence of habitation. Over centuries, use evolved as people carved religious spaces into the same stone formations.

The rock churches scattered throughout have traditional frescoes painted on their walls, showing how local people once used natural cavities for worship. These religious spaces carved into stone reflect a deep link between daily faith and the surrounding landscape.

The site lies in the Fasano countryside between Fasano and Monopoli; from the SS16 take the Savelletri/Fasano-stazione exit. The rock settlement runs along the lama, the bed of an old stream, and a railway embankment crosses it about 1 km upstream from where it reaches the Adriatic. Of more than thirty cave complexes along the gorge, at least twenty can be visited; the churches of San Giovanni and San Lorenzo lie further upstream near the railway bridge.

The main rock church has two naves of unequal size, covered by barrel vaults and divided by arches and pillars. Its entrance is marked by two overlapping carved lunettes and opens on the side, not the front. Scholars think a dome once rose above a square opening in the larger nave, projecting from the rock face to signal the building.