10 Things to do in Matera, Italy Travel Guide
Join us as we visit Matera, Italy in this travel guide covering top attractions, things to do and food worth eating in la Città Sotterranea (the Subterranean City). As one of our favorite cities we visited from our trip to Europe and around Italy Matera is somewhere you go to get lost around every corner. As one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, you'll find yourself exploring caves, the historical center 'sassi' and UNESCO heritage churches along with eating delicious Italian food. An exciting announcement is that Matera was declared Italian host of European Capital of Culture for 2019.
1) Chiesa rupestre di San Pietro Barisano
2) Convent of Saint Agostino
3) Cathedral of Matera
4) Chiesa di Santa Maria di Idris
5) Murgia National Park
6) La Grotta nei Sassi Restaurant
7) Storica Casa Grotta di vico Solitario
8) Palombaro Lungo - Underground Matera Tour
9) Ristorante Nadi
10) Matera at Night
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Our visit Matera travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a food guide to Italian cuisine, top sightseeing tourist attractions and the city by day and night including visiting churches, parks, the old town 'sassi', quirky neighborhoods, museums and caves. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Matera tourism brochure, Matera itinerary or Matera city tour also known as Matera, Italia.
10 Things to do in Matera, Italy Travel Guide Food Video Transcript:
One destination that’s been at the very top of our travel bucket list for a while now is Matera, and on this trip to Italy, we were determined to make it happen!
Nicknamed “the stone city”, Matera has been quite literally dug out of the rock, and it’s a sight you won’t soon forget. Set on the slope of a rocky ravine, the landscape is dominated by cave dwellings, zigzagging staircases, and early churches that hold some incredible frescoes once you set foot inside.
During our visit, we stayed in the “sassi”, which is the ancient town, and in our opinion, the best way to soak in the vibe of this place.
Now in this video, we’re going to take you on a tour of the city and show you some of the things you can see, do and eat when you visit Matera.
Matera is well-known for its rupestrian churches, carved into the rock and covered in frescoes.
We first stopped by Chiesa Rupestre di San Pietro Barisano, which is the largest rock church in the city of Matera.
We wanted to show you the frescoes, so we continued to Convento di Sant’Agostino, a church and convent dating back to the late 16th Century. We started walking uphill via a series of staircases and winding streets, until we found ourselves in front of Matera Cathedral.
The rocky landscape we noticed is called Murgia (MoorJa) National Park and it’s an archaeological site with cliffs, gorges & caves.
Let’s take a quick break to introduce you to Materan cuisine. Like most of the establishments in Matera, this restaurant was set in a cave and we ate pasta, wine & dessert?
We spent a lot of time visiting cave churches, but for a look at how locals lived in these troglodyte dwellings, we visited Casa Grotta.
The Sassi District is a made up of a network of dwellings carved into the steep slopes of the valley walking into the Casa Grotta.
We visited Palombaro Lungo, a massive water cistern that sits directly under Matera’s main square.
After visiting Palombaro Lungo, we also found ourselves in front of the ruins of Chiesa del Santo Spirito. The church sits beneath Piazza Vittorio Veneto where you can make out frescoes on the walls.
Continuing our quest for Materan cuisine, we ended up at Ristorante Nadi - another cave restaurant that we stumbled upon by chance to see if we could get through a 4 course meal.
Our final recommendation for Matera would be to explore the city at night. Matera looks magical between sunset and blue hour and it was a pleasure to wander around with camera in hand.
And that’s a wrap for Matera! We hope you guys enjoyed discovering Italy’s famed Stone City, and we’ll see you soon with more videos from Italy.
This is part of our Travel in Italy video series showcasing Italian food, Italian culture and Italian cuisine.
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Visit and Tour Unique UNESCO Cave City of Matera, Italy
Famous for its extensive cave-dwelling districts, the sassy, Matera is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and completely unique. Walk, walk, walk up and down narrow cobblestone streets built over layers and layers of dwellings carved from caves.
Matera dates back to the Neolithic era...
Matera, Italy Walking Tour [4K | 60fps]
WALKING IN MATERA, ITALY: Walk down the ancient streets of Matera, recently voted the European Capital of Culture for 2019. The tour begins at the Piazza Vittorio Veneto on June 28th, 2019, just 4 days before Matera's biggest celebration of the year, Festa della Bruna. Matera is known for their ancient cave-dwellings known as the Sassi. This walk will take you through the Sasso Barisano and the Sasso Caveoso districts as well as the Civita. The Sassi of Matera and the nearby Murgia Materana Park were added as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. This walk include closed-captions to help guide you through your walk. ????For an even more immersive experience, be sure to put on your headphones and listen in 3D audio.
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01:47 - Piazza Vittorio Veneto
02:59 - Palombaro Lungo
03:55 - Belvedere Luigi Guerricchio (Terrace view of the Sassi)
07:01 - Steps down into the Sasso Barisano
15:09 - The Sassi in Miniature
21:05 - Convent of Saint Agostino
25:45 - View of Chiesa rupestre di San Giuliano o Madonna delle Grazie
31:01 - Palazzo del Casale
42:11 - Piazza Duomo
46:11 - Piazza del Sedile
47:14 - Palazzo del Sedile
49:09 - Church of Purgatory (Via Ridola)
50:29 - Church of Saint Clare
52:10 - Piazzetta Giovanni Pascoli
52:43 - Terrace viewpoint of the Sassi
53:28 - Path down to the Sasso Caveoso
1:03:45 - Inside a Sassi Cave House (Casa Grotta di vico Solitario)
1:06:24 - Piazza San Pietro Caveoso
1:07:08 - Church of Saint Peter
1:12:42 - Walking up to the Church of Santa Maria de Idris (Rock Church)
1:20:04 - Necropoli di Santa Lucia alle Malve (Cimitero Barbarico)
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Sassi di Matera - Italy
The Sassi di Matera (meaning stones of Matera) - prehistoric cave dwellings in the Italian city of Matera, Basilicata
Matera, Italy - Streets of the Sassi HD (2015)
Matera is a city and a province in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera and the capital of Basilicata from 1663 to 1806. The town lies in a small canyon carved out by the Gravina.
Known as la Città Sotterranea (the Subterranean City), Matera is well known for its historical center called Sassi, considered World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1993, along with the Park of the Rupestrian Churches.
On October 17, 2014, Matera was declared Italian host of European Capital of Culture for 2019.
The Sassi of Matera - UNESCO World Heritage Site
The UNESCO World Heritage site Sassi of Matera are ancient cave dwellings, cut into the side of cliffs, that have been lived in more or less continuously for over 10,000 years. It's a fascinating place with an incredible cultural legacy, and it's a little bit Hollywood famous as well! Let's check it out.
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MATERA (Sassi di Matera) – Italy ???????? [Full HD]
Video and photos in Full HD I have made during my trip to Matera (Sassi di Matera) in Italy in May 2018, including video footages and photos taken with my drone Dji Mavic Pro (in HD). The video includes the following highlights: town and streets of Matera, Sassi di Matera, dwellings dug in the rock, Cattedrale di Maria Santissima della Bruna.
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MATERA (source Wikipedia):
Matera is a city in the province of Matera in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera and was the capital of Basilicata from 1663 to 1806. The town lies in a small canyon carved out by the Gravina. Known as la Città Sotterranea (the Underground City), Matera is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, having been inhabited since the 10th millennium BC. Its historical centre Sassi, along with the Park of the Rupestrian Churches, was awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO since 1993. On 17 October 2014, Matera was declared Italian host of European Capital of Culture for 2019 together with the Bulgarian town of Plovdiv.
The area of what is now Matera has been settled since the Palaeolithic. The city was allegedly founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, with the name of Matheola after the consul Lucius Caecilius Metellus. In AD 664 Matera was conquered by the Lombards and became part of the Duchy of Benevento. In the 7th and 8th centuries the nearby grottos were colonised by both Benedictine and Basilian monastic institutions. The 9th and 10th centuries were characterised by the struggle between the Byzantines and the German emperors, including Louis II, who partially destroyed the city. After the settlement of the Normans in Apulia, Matera was ruled by William Iron-Arm from 1043.
After a short communal phase and a series of pestilences and earthquakes, the city in the 15th century became an Aragonese possession, and was given in fief to the barons of the Tramontano family. In 1514, however, the population rebelled against the oppression and killed Count Giovanni Carlo Tramontano. In the 17th century Matera was handed over to the Orsini and then became part of the Terre d'Otranto di Puglia. Later it was capital of Basilicata, a position it retained until 1806, when Joseph Bonaparte reassigned it to Potenza. In 1927 it became capital of the province of Matera. On September 21, 1943, the Materani rose against the German occupation, the first Italian city to rebel against the Wehrmacht.
Matera has gained international fame for its ancient town, the Sassi di Matera. The Sassi originated in a prehistoric troglodyte settlement, and these dwellings are thought to be among the first ever human settlements in what is now Italy. The Sassi are habitations dug into the calcareous rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia. Many of them are really little more than small caverns, and in some parts of the Sassi a street lies on top of another group of dwellings. The ancient town grew up on one slope of the rocky ravine created by a river that is now a small stream, and this ravine is known locally as la Gravina. In the 1950s, as part of a policy to clear the extreme poverty of the Sassi, the government of Italy used force to relocate most of the population of the Sassi to new public housing in the developing modern city.
MATERA I SASSI patrimonio UNESCO the city of the Sassi [HD]
© CLAUDIO MORTINI * Nella Basilicata orientale, elevata a 401 m sopra il livello del mare, Matera è un gioiello di cui godono 60 mila abitanti e molti visitatori ogni anno. Capoluogo della provincia omonima e seconda città della regione, la città segna il confine tra l'Altopiano delle Murge a est e la Fossa Bradanica a ovest, e si lascia attraversare dal corso del fiume Bradano.
E' soprattutto negli ultimi anni che Matera si è impegnata per crescere, per curarsi al meglio e per offrire ai turisti le strutture più accoglienti, vedendo nascere sul territorio un gran numero di istituzioni culturali che si sono occupate di restaurare e valorizzare le opere principali. Ma già da lungo tempo la fama della città è legata ai celebri Sassi, i rioni storici che nel 1993 hanno fatto guadagnare a Matera il riconoscimento da parte dell'UNESCO come Patrimonio dell'Umanità: mai nessun altro sito dell'Italia Meridionale, prima di allora, aveva ricevuto un simile titolo. Diviso in due parti dal torrente Gravina, il centro cittadino è costituito da due zone distinte. Sull'orlo della rupe, rivolto a nord-ovest, il Sasso Barisano è il fulcro della città vecchia, ricchissimo di portali scolpiti e di splendidi fregi. Rivolto a sud è invece il Sasso Caveoso, disposto come un anfiteatro romano con le case-grotta che scendono a valle a gradoni. Nel cuore di Matera, a separare i due Sassi, si staglia contro il cielo la Civita, sperone roccioso su cui si ergono la Cattedrale e diversi palazzi nobiliari.
4K Drone footage of the Sassi in Matera, Italy - 2019 Capital of Culture
Filmed in September 2018. A year ahead of Matera being capital of culture. Matera is a fantastic place to visit, highly recommend staying at Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & SPA for an extra special experience of sleeping in a cave.
My favourite restaurant was Soul Kitchen (cucina per L'anima). Top chef with authentic local foods.
The Real-Life Flintstones Village: Sassi di Matera 9,000-Year-Old Italy Still Inhabited
Sassi di Matera, which teeters on the edge of a steep ravine in Italy's south, dates back 9,000 years and is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited cave city in the world. The Unesco-protected Sassi district is part of Matera city and has been carved into the rock of a towering gorge that was formed by a large river. After WWII, cave residents were reluctantly moved from their crumbling homes (top left) into more modern abodes in the Matera town on the cliff. While many of the ancient chambers lie abandoned and forgotten, the settlement's prospects were hugely boosted by Unesco naming it a World Heritage site in 1993. Several caves have been given a new lease of life and transformed into cosy homes (far right), and hotels and restaurants to cater for waves of inquisitive tourists, eager to find out why Unesco was so impressed.
Matera Sassi in Puglia, Italy
Follow us as we tour the sassi in the beautiful and historic town of Matera Puglia. A little known gem that is quickly garnering more attention every year, Matera is a town that is not to be missed while in Puglia. The Sassi in Matera are a sight to behold and one of Puglia's hidden gems. #materasassi #materaitaly #matera #italy
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Un giro per i Sassi di Matera con le foto di Pasquale Cantore montate da Cosimo Pizzolla
Matera, Italy - Sassi HD (2015)
Matera is a city and a province in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera and the capital of Basilicata from 1663 to 1806. The town lies in a small canyon carved out by the Gravina.
Known as la Città Sotterranea (the Subterranean City), Matera is well known for its historical center called Sassi, considered World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1993, along with the Park of the Rupestrian Churches.
On October 17, 2014, Matera was declared Italian host of European Capital of Culture for 2019.
Ape Calessino Tour Nei Sassi di Matera
Lasciati Trasportare con il classico Ape Calessino , per ammirare , fotografare e visitare i Sassi e il Centro Storico di Matera .
Matera italy
Matera is a town and a province in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera.
Apart from an economy which has traditionally been based on agriculture, in the late 1990s the major economic base of Matera, and of surrounding cities, is the production of upholstered furniture.
The town lies athwart a small canyon, which has been eroded in the course of years by a small stream, the Gravina.
Matera has gained international fame for its ancient town, the Sassi di Matera (meaning stones of Matera). The Sassi originate from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be some of the first human settlements in Italy.
The Sassi are houses dug into the tuff rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia. Many of these houses are really only caverns, and the streets in some parts of the Sassi often are located on the rooftops of other houses. The ancient town grew in height on one slope of the ravine created by a river that is now a small stream. The ravine is known locally as la Gravina.
In the 1950s, the government of Italy forcefully relocated most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city. However, people continued to live in the Sassi, and according to the English Fodor's guide:
Matera is the only place in the world where people can boast to be still living in the same houses of their ancestors of 9,000 years ago.
Until the late 1980s this was considered an area of poverty, since these houses were, and in most areas still are, mostly unlivable. Current local administration, however, has become more tourism-oriented, and has promoted the re-generation of the Sassi with the aid of the European Union, the government, UNESCO, and Hollywood. Today there are many thriving businesses, pubs, and hotels.
The church of Sant'Agostino.
One of the benefits of the ancient city, is that there is a great similarity in the look of the Sassi with that of ancient sites in and around Jerusalem. This has caught the eye of film directors and movie studios. ( source Wikipedia )
Sassi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. May 2017
Sassi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy
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Matera is a beautiful city in southern italy, and it definitely one of Italy's best kept secrets!
Matera is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, having been inhabited since the 10th millennium BC. Its historical center (called Sassi) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Matera will be the European capital of culture in 2019, so make sure that you go visit before then! There is no doubt that it will be overrun with tourists, but for 2018 it will still be relatively quiet =)
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Fabio Bolzetta visita i Sassi di Matera
Fabio Bolzetta visita i Sassi di Matera
30 Explore the Sassi in Matera Italy VLOG
We stay in abandoned cave dwellings.
The Sassi di Matera are two districts of the Italian city of Matera, Basilicata, well-known for their ancient cave dwellings.
These ancient neighbourhoods are a series of grottoes carved out of limestone, teetering on the edge of a ravine.
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