Provincia de Matera
Basilicata
![The Sassi originate from a prehistoric troglodyte settlement and are suspected to be among the first human settlements in Italy. There is evidence that people were living here as early as the year 7000 BC.[2]
The Sassi are houses dug into the calcarenitic rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia, locally called "tufo" although it is not volcanic tuff or tufa. Many of these dwellings are really only caverns, and the streets in some parts of the Sassi often run on top of other houses. The ancient town grew up 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. Riddled with malaria, the unhealthy living conditions were considered an affront to the new Italian Republic of Alcide De Gasperi.[3] However, people continued to live in the Sassi, and according to the English Fodor's guide[when?]:
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 many of these houses were, and in some cases still are, uninhabitable. Current local administration, however, has become more tourism-oriented, and it has promoted the regeneration of the Sassi with the aid of the European Union, the government, UNESCO, and Hollywood. Today there are many thriving businesses, pubs, and hotels there, as described in a May 2015 New Yorker magazine article.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/602067/ee8b639e-9537-4eee-bb69-84b65431a70c.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)
Las ciudades más populares de Provincia de Matera
Matera
Histórico, Spas y Lujo
Descubre Matera, un destino lleno de estilo, que te encantará con sus lugares históricos, sus monumentos, su variedad de cafés ¡y mucho más!
Razones para visitar este lugar
- El Sassi y el Parque de las Iglesias Rupestres
- Mirador de Matera y los Sassi di Matera
Bernalda
Monumentos, Histórico y Playas
¡Es hora de viajar! Descubre los monumentos, la historia y las playas de Bernalda.
Policoro
Ruinas, Relajación y Teatros
¡Visita Policoro, un destino de ambiente relajado! Aquí disfrutarás las ruinas, la escena teatral y las playas.
Scanzano Jonico
Parques naturales, Playas y Histórico
Scanzano Jonico te espera con sus parques, sus playas, su historia ¡y mucho más!
Pisticci
Comidas, Parques naturales y Monumentos
Los parques, los monumentos y la historia te esperan en Pisticci.
Miglionico
Destaca por Histórico
¡Es hora de viajar! Descubre la historia en Miglionico.
