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Phone +39 0835 314244 Matera Sassi guided tour Since 1993, Sassi have been declared UNESCO World Heritage. They are symbol of a peasant life but also a wonderful example of Urban Architecture, in fact all the houses are carved into the calcareous rock. Our Tour starts in the Sasso Caveoso, and in particular in Malve and Casalnuovo quarters, two of the oldest areas in the Sassi. During the Tour, it will be possible to see different things: • Casa Grotta, typical cave – dwelling dated back on the XVIII century A.C., that show you how the farmers lived until 1956. This House and that way of life was represented by Carlo Levi in his book Cristo si è fermato ad Eboli (Jesus Christ stops at Eboli) • A typical wine – cellar, totally excavated in the rock that show you how they produced the wine • The system of the water canalization. In the Sassi there were no aqueducts until 1927, for this reason people created different cisterns that were very important to catch much rain for their necessities. • The Natural Cave, excavated by the nature and not by man activity. At the end of the Tour it will be possible to see all the places of the movie directed by Mel Gibson: The Passion of the Christ. SIC offers its guided services in different languages: italian, english, french, german and spanish and can book restaurants and hotels for individuals or groups. This Travel Agency wants to cooperate with the local productive resources to improve Matera and her cultural aspect. If you want you can continue the guided Tour in the afternoon: Another important thing to visit is the Cathedral. It stands on a rise overlooking the two valleys of the Sassi. It is an outstanding example of Romanesque – Apulian architecture. The frescoes are from the school of Naples. Very interesting is the elaborate Stone Nativity (1534) sculptured by the artist Altobello Persio from Montescaglioso. The Cathedral of Matera represents the perfect blend of art and faith. The former representing the best expression of man’s skills. The Tour goes on the Centre of the City where there’s a beautiful landscape of the Sasso Barisano, the new part of the Sassi, the part that is already restored. In the Centre there will be the guided tour of different places like the Hypogeums, probably was an underground Convent and through it is possible to reach the Sasso Barisano. The Tour finishes with the Murgia Plateau: It is located in front of the Sassi and represents the Palaeolithic and Neolithic age. In fact here is possible to find different caves. This territory is very interesting for its morphology, for this reason an intense monastic movement found between the 8th and 13th century A.C. their ideal habitat to built monasteries and convents.
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