How to spend a weekend in Matera, Italy's rock-hewn city. This ancient city offers an enticing Italian getaway with its frescoed churches, Michelin stars and underground art.

A trip to Matera, Italy, will take you back in time. By. ... Matera is filled with historic churches, and as you can tell from its hotel selection, plentiful cave dwellings, too.

The church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, ... Matera was once ‘the shame of Italy.’ ...

From Positano to Portofino, here are Italy's prettiest small towns. Breathtaking!

Wednesday. 8 a.m.: My family and I are on the road to Matera after grabbing a cappuccino and croissant at a cafe called ...

The cast of the hit series “The Chosen” was recently in Matera, Italy, filming the crucifixion of Jesus, which will be ...

Matera, a city of stone which dates back to the Paleolithic era, is located in the Basilicata region in Southern Italy. In 1993, it was granted UNESCO World Heritage status and was the European ...

MATERA, Italy (AP) — Matera, in the south of Italy, is known as the “City of Stones” for its architecture. For the next season of “The Chosen,” it’ll be known by another name: Jerusalem.

Excavators working at an ancient Catholic church in Italy recently found an even older religious symbol: the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook ...

Mel Gibson is in Italy preparing to shoot his “The Passion of the Christ” sequel that, just like the original, will make use of the ancient southern Italian town of Matera where he has been ...