Matera

Matera is one of the oldest cities in the world whose territory contains testimonies of human settlements starting from the Paleolithic and without interruptions up to our days. It represents an extraordinary page written by man through the millennia of this long history.

Matera is the city of the Sassi, the original urban nucleus, developed starting from the natural caves carved into the rock and subsequently modeled into increasingly complex structures within two large natural amphitheaters that are the Sasso Caveoso and the Sasso Barisano.

In this section we just want to give you some ideas on something not to be missed.

Casa Noha, a starting point to understand the ancient history of the places you are going to visit. http://www.fondoambiente.it/Cosa-facciamo/Index.aspx?q=casa-noha-bene-fai

Casa cava, a beautiful example of recovery of the environments of stones donated to culture and entertainment.

http://www.casacava.it/

The Crypt of original sin, an unmissable jewel of rock art.

http://www.criptadelpeccatooriginale.it/

The long diver, the greatest example of the channeling and recovery of rainwater that makes Matera a UNESCO heritage site.

http://www.visitmatera.it/il-palombaro-lungo.htm;

Matera Materasum underground, 1200 square meters underground to discover the history of the city of the Sassi and not only up to a depth of 12 meters.

http://www.ipogeomaterasum.com/

The Cathedral of Matera, dedicated to the Madonna della Bruna and Sant'Eustachio and the beautiful churches in the center.

http://www.visitmatera.it/la-cattedrale.html

The MUSMA museum is the most important Italian museum entirely dedicated to sculpture.

http://www.musma.it

The House of Ortega is the testimony of the presence of the great Spanish artist Jose Ortega in the City of the Stones.

http://www.basilicataturistica.it/matera/la-casa-di-ortega/?lang=it

The Park of the Murgia of Matera, surely one of the most spectacular rocky landscapes of Italy that testifies to the ancient relationship between nature and man.

http://www.parcomurgia.it

And if you want to relax you are in the center of the Matera evenings, going along Via del Corso and Via Ridola, in fact you will meet most of the most popular places in Matera.