Rupestrian church

We couldn't take photos in most of these churches but could in this one. Carved out of the rock, these "pillars" look like the ones in normal churches.

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Matera di Sassi

October 13th 2016
Dianne had planned this trip meticulously and the last stop was Matera. I had limited knowledge of what went on there. I heard something about the sassi (plural of sasso) being a bunch of caves where people had lived even into the 1960s. But I wasn’t prepared for what we saw. I can’t begin to describe how this ancient town developed. In an article in The New Yorker in 2 ... read more

Europe » Italy » Basilicata » Matera

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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