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The oldest city in Italy is carved directly into the rock— and it is also one of the oldest in the world
Carved directly into the rock, the town of Matera is one of Italy's most iconic destinations. With its unique architecture, ...
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One Night in a Natural Cave Hotel in the Ancient Sassi of Matera, Italy
In 1950, Italy’s prime minister instituted an ill-conceived plan to relocate the Sassi’s entire population to new housing developments outside the city, and the abandoned cave networks went ...
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Underground river hid traces of 2,000-year-old cult — until now. See finds in Italy
Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Salerno and Avellino In a cave in southern Italy, archaeologists sifted through a muddy riverbed normally submerged by the ...