The crypt, entirely carved into the tuff rocks, is the result of modifications and additions in the place and in the architecture, as demonstrated by the two circular columns with Doric capital of the sixteenth century, the addition of an altar on the east wall, topped by a seventeenth-century fresco depicting the Crucifixion (hence the name of the crypt), a skylight created later and the occlusion of the original entrance on the west. It is accessible through the northern door, which is followed by a barrel-vaulted staircase that leads to the underground room. The entrance is decorated with a frescoed lunette with the Holy Family scene. Inside, the walls and ceiling are covered with frescoes dating between the thirteenth and the seventeenth century, accompanied by inscriptions in Greek ...

Dating back to 9th century AD, the crypt, located under the chapel of the same name dating back to the 14th century, is situated in the former granary of dei Carmelitani. It consists of a quadrangular room with fresco of Santa Marina of 1400 in the niche opposite the entrance. On all the walls are notable traces of color of ancient frescoes, now permanently lost. On the left of the entrance insist two small rooms, one of which is completely painted with images typical of Byzantine iconography: Saint Catherine of Alexandria, St. Nicholas represented according to oriental iconographic standards, an anonymous saint who is holding a cachet, and lastly Archangel Gabriel. The crypt is of considerable importance due to the presence of the “Dormitio Virginis” of the twelfth century: the ...

The crypt of the Madonna del Passo, of Basilian origin, is located near the municipal cemetery of Specchia. The structure, of a square shape, has a nave with two side altars and a main central altar, surmounted by a canopy bordered by columns, which contains a central fresco of Mary and Child. On the walls of the hypogeum are traces of ancient frescoes.   In front of the crypt, is a shelter for travelers who repose under the covered passages and benefited from a nearby cistern.   On the exterior of church-crypt, in 1851, a Calvary was built. ...

The crypt-cave is situated in the immediate vicinity of the Church of Madonna delle Rasce, about 2 km north of the Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Leuca.   It is a typical Basilian cave comprising a circular compartment about 2 meters high and a diameter of about 3 meters. It is accessible by a very narrow passage in the rock, through which leads to a corridor that directs to another small circular room, probably used as a dormitory. The use of the area for residential purposes seems evidenced also by the presence of channels for collecting rain water, the remains of small underground tanks, and etc. ...

The Cripta dell'Eternità o della Trinità is located on the northwest of Serra conjoining Casarano in Ruffano. The crypt occupies the space of the Trinity or Eternity cave, privately owned and more than 30 m deep. The crypt has an irregularly triangular plan, with high vault and a wide arc opening facing west. ...

On the southern outskirts of the city center is a crypt named, basing on the only surviving frescoes, the Cristo Pantocreatore. The crypt, dates back to the ninth century, appears isolated in a private garden protected by massive stone walls. Through a staircase dug into the rock, descending by about 3 m to access a second garden, also closed, which presents a series of mangers at the sides, a niche dug into the rock and on one side an opening corresponding to a door flanked by two windows. The entrance leads to the crypt, supported by two pillars (one recently built), from where the apse can be recognized, in deep plane, adorned with a simple altar in stone, typical of the Greek-Byzantine rite. Placed on the altar is the only remaining fresco depicting the Cristo Pantocreatore, perhaps ...

In an area of San Dana is the crypt of St. Apollonia, dating back to the sixth-ninth century. Saint Apollonia is represented in a fresco on a side wall, holding the palm of martyrdom and a white lily, surrounded by clouds and angels. The crypt has a single compartment of an irregular quadrilateral shape, entirely dug into the rock. Inside is a little cell wherein a seat was retrieved. This element has made speculations regarding the premature dating of the crypt, linked to the presence of some anchorite/recluse; others, instead, speculate that the construction of the crypt occurred in the sixth century, in connection to the presence of Italian-Greek monks.   There are some frescoes, dating from the XI and XVIII century, of which decipherable are, aside from St. Apollonia, the Mary ...

The crypt, which recently underwent a restoration, was built by Italian-Greek monks in the ninth century, in a farm-monastery complex, dependent from the Abbey of Santa Maria de Amito. Entering the hypogeum through two staircases that lead to a space dug in the rock and of modest height, punctuated by the presence of disordered brick pillars and columns of varying shape, mostly taken from the natural rocky bank, other from recent renovations. The structure is articulated around a central square space, visible from outside through standing within the belfry. The central space is occupied by a presbytery with octagonal columns and balustrade, inside of which is an eighteenth-century altar with a Byzantine Mary in the center. Along the perimeter walls are visible traces of occluded altars, ...