Matera: Hauntingly beautiful. Photo: Sandy Thurmond In the southern region of Basilicata lies Matera, a town nestled in a small canyon where humans have lived for millennia in cave dwellings. Writer ...

In the remote southern Italian region of Basilicata is the unique and ancient cave-city of Matera, famous for its sassi, stone houses carved out of the caves and cliffs. In the remote southern Italian ...

Sixty years ago, at the close of World War II, Italian doctor-artist- writer Carlo Levi published an account of what he'd witnessed in the interior regions of southern Italy during his exile there by ...

Tucked inside the arch of Italy’s boot, Matera could have easily disappeared into the annals of history — the community was inhabited some 10,000 years before falling into disrepair, and was ...

It was early evening in Matera, a city in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, and swallows circled the sky, their melodious calls interrupted only by the clanking of bells worn by cows drinking ...

It dates back to the stone age and forms one of the earliest human settlements in Italy - and is still inhabited. Looking like a scene from the Flintstones cartoon, Sassi di Matera, which teeters on ...

Dirt-poor and forgotten by the government in faraway Rome, the town languished for a long time. That has changed. The European Capital of Culture enchants with ancient history and fresh ideas. "I have ...

IT was early evening in Matera, a city in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, and swallows circled the sky, their melodious calls interrupted only by the clanking of bells worn by cows drinking ...