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Matera, capital of the province, whose extraordinary past is full of history, art, culture, and wise sayings, will astonish any visitor. This is the town of the Sassi, the ancient quarter that, shrouded in archaic charm, are an example of an incomparable urban structure and that are now all part of the world heritage, bestowed on the area by UNESCO. The particular characteristic of the land, its morphology and that of the Murgia Plateau encouraged the building of cave-dwellings and rock-hewn churches, some of them are underground churches, whereas the others are carved into the rock integrating with the outside constructions that witness the presence of Latin, Greek/Byzantine monastic cultures in Matera. |
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Cities of the area Sassi of Matera |
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