dammuso

thumb|alt=Stone buildings on a street along the island's rocky coast|Dammusi on Pantelleria

A dammuso () is a type of traditional Sicilian peasant house, found mainly on the island of Pantelleria and also on nearby Lampedusa. The name comes from the Pantesco dialect of Sicilian , meaning 'vault', which is derived from the Arabic () and Latin . The architectural style is possibly Arabic in origin, and the oldest known dammusi date to around the 10th century, when the islands were part of the Zirid emirate of Ifriqiya. Built from local volcanic rock, the dammusi evolved from a simpler circular type of stone dwelling used on the island in antiquity.