From 1840 to 1956 under the Majella, in Abruzzo, in the tunnels dug into the rock, hundreds of people worked for the extraction of the bituminous limestone. Many are the locals who have listened to the mythical tales of the elderly who told of these places. The women were entrusted with the work of transporting the rocks on the baskets at the head, while the men were entrusted with the work inside the dark tunnels, which were lightened only by the dim light of the lamps.