Matera
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Matera is a city and the capital of the Province of Matera in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. With a history of continuous occupation dating back to prehistory, it is renowned for its roc
Panorama of the old town from the parvise of Saint Augustin church
The Sassi of Matera
View from the Canyon (Gravina)
View from Belvedere Murgia Timone
Sassi di Matera
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The Sassi di Matera are two districts of the Italian city of Matera, Basilicata, well-known for their ancient cave dwellings inhabited since the Paleolithic period.
Matera
…back to prehistory (the eighth millennium BC), it is renowned for its rock-cut urban core, whose twin cliffside zones are known collectively as the Sassi. Matera lies on the right bank of the Gravina river, whose canyon forms a geological boundary between the hill country of Basilicata (historic Lucania…
The Sassi of Matera
Sassi with snow (December 2007)
Sasso Caveoso