Guided Tour to the Sassi of Matera in Spanish

Itinerary

1. 1

   The first viewpoint will bring us closer to the knowledge of the cultural heritage of the Sassi of Matera, talking about its urbanization and the cave building typologies.

   15 min Admission included
2. 2

   Visit and explanation of the Church of the Holy Spirit. Rock architecture and medieval frescoes.

   15 min Admission included
3. 3

   Historic neighborhood, rock excavation.

   30 min Admission included
4. 4

   Square and Palace of the Sedile, place of public administration of the city of Matera in modern times.

   10 min Admission included
5. 5

   The Cathedral church, with its original Romanesque exterior, from the Colle della Civita dominates the Sassi of Matera

   20 min
6. 6

   The street that connects the Colle della Civita to the Sasso Caveoso neighborhood is one of the most panoramic walks between the city of Matera and the Murgia materana Park.

   10 min Admission included
7. 7

   Stroll through the narrow streets of Sasso Caveoso. The same streets that were offered to film directors such as Pasolini, Arrabal, Wertmuller, etc.

   30 min Admission included
8. 8

   A characteristic example of a place obtained through the excavation of the rock. The particularity of this site is the different uses in the long history of the city. This site also includes the representation of the collection of rain inside a Casa Grotta of peasant tradition.

   10 min Admission included
9. 9

   Visit to the medieval Necropolis obtained above the Rupestrian Church of Santa Lucu00eda and u00c1gata in the Malve neighborhood.

   10 min
10. 10

    Tales and small tasting of typical local products inside a typical Sasso Caveoso grotto.

    15 min Admission included
11. 11

    An architecture in which different elements from different periods are composed to form the fau00e7ade of Palazzo Lanfranchi, today the Museum of Medieval and Modern Art of Basilicata.

    15 min
12. 12

    Baroque church located in the City of Piano, a modern and contemporary promenade in the city of the Sassi.

    10 min Admission included
13. 13

    A walk in Piazza San Francesco looking at the baroque fau00e7ade of its church.

    10 min
14. 14

    The last part of the path will take us to see some of the contemporary architecture of the historic city of Matera. Among the houses of the Materano landowners of the '900, we will find the Palace of the Post Office, of the Insurance and the Bank of Naples, three examples of Razionalist architecture from the fascist era.nThe guided tour will end in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, the same one where the tour started.

    15 min