Matera

Few cities in Basilicata have a history as closely tied to rock-cut settlement as Matera. The Sassi districts, Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barisano, spread across slopes above the Gravina di Matera, a ravine on the edge of the Murgia plateau. Homes, cisterns and churches were carved into the rock, while the city’s rupestrian churches preserve medieval wall paintings. Matera was inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1993, and its former cave quarters remain central to its contemporary identity. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Matera relates to the Gravina ravine and the Murgia landscape.

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