From the Murgia departure by Vespa to enter the Sasso Barisano, overlooking the famous E. COLOMBO belvedere

Continue on your Vespa until you reach the beautiful Piazza di San Pietro Caveoso located inside the Sasso Caveoso, a historic and ancient part of the city in front of the caves of prehistory

The Sasso Caveoso, which looks south towards Montescaglioso, recalls the shape of a theatre cavea, with the houses arranged in steps. Inside there are various neighborhoods, districts and districts

The Church of San Francesco d'Assisi is a Baroque Catholic place of worship in Matera, located in the central Piazza San Francesco.

The Cathedral of Matera, which has the official name of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Bruna and St. Eustace, is the main place of Catholic worship in Matera, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Matera-Irsina. The cathedral was built in Apulian Romanesque style in the 13th century on the highest spur of the Civita that divides the two Sassi.

It is a beautiful frescoed Rock Church. The church of Madonna delle Grazie is located in the Via del Sasso Caveoso in Matera. The church was formerly named after St. Eustace. The entrance includes a terracotta bas-relief representing the Madonna and Child. The interior of the rock church has an imposing Baroque altar placed at the original iconostasis. Behind the altar we find a rock wall with several openings that lead to the sacristy; once there was the chancel. In the ceiling there are two carved domes and visible apse arches. On the right wall there is a Crucifixion, now ruined, under which there is a faded fresco. The figure of Christ is accompanied DA two angels and at the foot of it are: the Mother and John. On another wall is represented St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata. The corresponding wall, however, shows a painting of Saint Lucia.

La Casa Grotta est une maison typique des Sassi, construite en partie à l'aide de fouilles dans la roche et en partie maçonnée. Dans la Casa Grotta del Casalnuovo, vous découvrirez une véritable maison des Sassi grâce à son mobilier d'origine et aux outils du quotidien que la famille qui y vivait utilisait au quotidien jusqu'en 1958. Il s'agit d'une véritable collection ethnographique, un petit musée présentant des objets d'usage courant et de travail datant de l'époque où les Sassi étaient habités, avant le dépeuplement des années 1950. À l'intérieur, les pièces et le mobilier d'origine de la maison sont reconstitués avant le dépeuplement des anciens quartiers à la fin des années 1950.

The current Piazza del Sedile was called Piazza Maggiore until the 14th century, and there was space especially for commercial activity, with the headquarters of the Point of Sale. In 1550, according to some sources, the Saracen Bishop decided to build a palace intended to host the meetings of the city government. Around the Palazzo del Sedile a new form was given to the square itself, building (or modifying) some buildings, with the intention of hosting some functions of government of the city itself. Among others, the prisons were located in the Square, the seat of the Governor and the garrison. The Palazzo del Sedile and the Piazza underwent heavy alterations in 1779 that substantially gave the current shape to the square and the buildings that surround it. After the Unification of Italy and until 1944 the Palazzo del Sedile housed the seat of the Municipality. Later the palace was destined to a secondary seat of the Conservatory of Bari, then destined to become the Duni Conservatory of Matera.