Província 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)


Ciutats populars a Província de Matera
Matera
Punts forts: Llocs històrics, Spas i Luxe
Viu unes vacances modernes a Matera. Hi trobaràs emplaçaments d'interès històric, monuments o cafeteries, entre d'altres atractius.
Motius per fer-hi una visita
- Sassi i el Parc de les Esglésies Rupestres
- Mirador de Matera i els Sassi
Bernalda
Punts forts: Monuments, Llocs històrics i Platges
És l'hora de descobrir Bernalda: hi trobaràs monuments, emplaçaments d'interès històric i platges.
Policoro
Punts forts: Ruïnes, Relaxació i Teatres
Surt a descobrir Policoro per viure unes vacances relaxants i gaudeix de tot el que et pot oferir. Hi trobaràs ruïnes, la seva oferta teatral i platges.
Scanzano Jonico
Punts forts: Parcs naturals, Platges i Llocs històrics
Scanzano Jonico t'espera: hi trobaràs parcs, platges o emplaçaments d'interès històric, entre d'altres atractius.
Pisticci
Punts forts: Serveis de restauració, Parcs naturals i Monuments
Viu una experiència única a Pisticci: hi trobaràs parcs, monuments o emplaçaments d'interès històric, entre d'altres atractius.
Miglionico
Punt fort: Llocs històrics
És l'hora de descobrir Miglionico i de gaudir de tot el que et pot oferir, com ara emplaçaments d'interès històric.
