Ten places to visit in Matera

Matera - Matera is an Italian town of 60,341 inhabitants, capital of the province of the same name, and is the largest town in all of Basilicata. Full of interesting places and activities, it is well known internationally and is the most popular destination in Basilicata. Among the ten places to visit in Matera we find San Giovanni Battista, an important example of medieval architecture in Southern Italy, and the Ridola Museum, which collects elements of ancient Basilicata and was built at the behest of the senator and doctor Domenico Ridola.

In eighth place, Case Grotta, the typical house of the Sassi dug into the rock, a useful way to understand the origins of peasant life in Matera. In seventh place we find Parco della Murgia Materana, immersed in uncontaminated nature and characterized by the presence of limestone that has given rise to caves and cliffs where man has settled since prehistoric times. In the sixth place there is the Musma Museum, dedicated to sculpture, while in the fifth Palombaro Lungo, the largest water tank in the city. In fourth place, the Crypt of the Original Sin, a cult place of the Lombard period decorated with numerous frescoes. In the first three places we find San Pietro Barisano, the Cathedral of Matera, and the most important site in the whole city: the Sassi di Matera, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, represent the oldest districts of the city, which testify that man lived there since prehistoric times.