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Archaeologists working in Matera, Italy revealed evidence of continuous settlement in the city's caves going back 10,000 years, into the Paleolithic

The stone walls of Matera do not whisper history—they press it into the air. The scent of damp limestone still clings to cave ...
LGBTQ Nation

The best part of nomadic travel is discovering places I never knew existed

Panoramic view of the ancient town of Matera (Sassi di Matera) in beautiful golden morning light at sunrise, Basilicata, southern Italy | Shutterstock Back in June 2018, during my husband, Michael’s ...
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Italy’s Matera Is A Tale Of Two Cities—One Ancient, The Other One Of The Loveliest In Basilicata

Five years ago I spent a three days in the Basilicata town called of Matera, called “la città sotterranea” ("the underground city"), a slightly eerie place where many of hillside cave dwellings dating ...
Daily Express

'Magical' and once-abandoned city is one of Italy's 'best off-the-beaten-track spots'

14:38, Wed, Jul 31, 2024 Updated: 14:38, Wed, Jul 31, 2024 "Matera is a magical city of stone where limestone churches, palaces and houses rise from the ravine, a haunting relic of thousands of years ...