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 ...

Scavata nella roccia lungo la Gravina di Picciano, la chiesa custodisce un prezioso ciclo di affreschi altomedievali che, per ...

A Matera, domenica prossima, 26 luglio, alle ore 21, in piazza San Francesco, si terrà un concerto della Banda musicale della ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning writer/podcaster, I've been to 100+ countries. Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, has been ...

Ever heard of a city older than Rome that’s still very much alive? Welcome to Matera. Look down. Those glowing stone homes carved into the cliffs. People have lived here for over 9,000 years. At night ...

Matera is the ideal place to host the exhibition dedicated to Mimmo Jodice, an event that comes at the best possible moment, when Matera and Basilicata can represent Italy throughout ...

Our journey begins in Bari, the capital of Puglia, a city that welcomes visitors with unmistakable southern Italian character. Narrow streets lined with weathered façades, laundry hanging between ...

Matera: Hauntingly beautiful. Photo: Sandy Thurmond In the southern region of Basilicata lies Matera, a town nestled in a small canyon where humans have lived for millennia in cave dwellings. Writer ...

IT was early evening in Matera, a city in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, and swallows circled the sky, their melodious calls interrupted only by the clanking of bells worn by cows drinking ...

My first attempt to explore Matera, one of Italy’s most ancient towns, was an exercise in picturesque frustration. I drove around rocky cliffs and limestone grottos and never found the city center, ...

Roads and venues remain unbuilt as the southern Italian city struggles to be the 2019 capital of culture When the southern Italian city of Matera found out it had been selected as the 2019 European ...

(ANSA) - MATERA, 22 LUG - Si terrà il 7 agosto, ad Alvino Relais - Mulino Contemporaneo di Matera, l'ottava edizione del ...