Today, Matera is a small, lively city with a university, and the sassi are a growing tourist attraction -- a must-see on any tour of Puglia. (Matera, historically part of Puglia and now just over ...

10:30 a.m.: We arrive in what we will soon understand to be "new" Matera—the part of the city erected after the Italian ...

Brief synthesis. Located in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera comprises a complex of houses, churches, monasteries and hermitages ...

Exploring the Sassi di Matera, southern Italy's ancient cave dwellings. Published: 7 Mar, 2017 CET. Updated: Wed 16 May 2018 11:44 CET. Share. ... Entering a second chamber, you find the bed of the ...

In the remote southern Italian region of Basilicata is the unique and ancient cave-city of Matera, famous for its sassi, stone houses carved out of the caves and cliffs.

The new cave restaurants in the Sassi offer modern takes on Matera’s (now fashionably simple) peasant cuisine: plump orecchiette, ear-shaped pasta, tossed with broccoli rabe, chili and ...

Once known for their squalid living conditions, the prehistoric limestone warrens have been repurposed as lodgings, bars, and artist workshops. Would staying there feel extraordinary or tasteless?