Matera Cathedral
Matera Cathedral sits on the ridge between the two Sassi districts, a 13th-century Apulian Romanesque church with a large rose window and views over the ravine. Free to enter.
Viewpoint in Matera
Murgia Materana Viewpoint
The Murgia Materana is the plateau across the ravine from the Sassi, a protected park with cave churches and the classic panoramic view of Matera. Free to hike. The viewpoint is reached by crossing the ravine on a footpath (about 30 minutes from the Sassi). Budget travelers make the hike and see Matera from the angle that made it famous: the cave city rising from the ravine like a scene from a biblical film.
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Before you go
- Address
- Strada Comunale esterna Cassanese Materana, Cassano delle Murge
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Sassi di Matera
The Sassi are ancient cave dwellings carved into the limestone ravine of Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was inhabited continuously from the Paleolithic era until the 1950s when the Italian government forcibly evacuated the population. Free to walk through.
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