Karst cave.
| Location: | Matera |
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Karst cave.
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| Light: | electric. |
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| Last update: | $Date: 2008/10/09 18:32:59 $ |
| 1950s | new quarters were built and the inhabitants of the Sassi relocated. The whole quarter was abandoned. | |
| 1989 | reevaluation of the cave houses and start of renovation projects. | |
| 1993 | inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List. |
The old center of the town Matera is called Sassi, derived from the Italian or Latin word for rock or stone. And thats what it is: a rock or cave city. A rather soft rock layer along the right side of a ravine was used to carve out houses and churches for centuries. And although the Sassi is the center of the cavities, there are more all along the ravine. There are some ten cave churches within the Sassi, and over 150 in the whole area.
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