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height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Matera_boenisch_nov_2005.jpg/390px-Matera_boenisch_nov_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Matera_boenisch_nov_2005.jpg/520px-Matera_boenisch_nov_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="1680" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Sassi of Matera</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites_by_country" title="World Heritage Sites by country">Location</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Matera" title="Province of Matera">Province of Matera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basilicata" title="Basilicata">Basilicata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data">The Sassi and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Park_of_the_Rupestrian_Churches_of_Matera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera (page does not exist)">Park of the Rupestrian Churches</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parco_della_Murgia_Materana" class="extiw" title="it:Parco della Murgia Materana">it</a>]</span> of <a href="/wiki/Matera" title="Matera">Matera</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: (iii), (iv), (v)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/670">670</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">1993 (17th <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data category">1,016 ha (2,510 acres)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Buffer zone</th><td class="infobox-data category">4,365 ha (10,790 acres)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output 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title="Sassi di Matera is located in Basilicata"><img alt="Sassi di Matera is located in Basilicata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Relief_map_of_Italien_Basilikata.png/250px-Relief_map_of_Italien_Basilikata.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Relief_map_of_Italien_Basilikata.png/375px-Relief_map_of_Italien_Basilikata.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Relief_map_of_Italien_Basilikata.png/500px-Relief_map_of_Italien_Basilikata.png 2x" data-file-width="1855" data-file-height="2038" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:38.886%;left:81.491%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sassi di Matera"><img alt="Sassi di Matera" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"><div style="line-height:1.2em;">Location of Sassi di Matera in Basilicata</div></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Basilicata</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Italy_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sassi di Matera is located in Italy"><img alt="Sassi di Matera is located in Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Italy_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Italy_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Italy_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Italy_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Italy_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Italy_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1034" data-file-height="1299" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:55.647%;left:81.315%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sassi di Matera"><img alt="Sassi di Matera" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Sassi di Matera (Italy)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Italy</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Sassi di Matera</b> are two districts (<i><b>Sasso Caveoso</b></i> and <i><b>Sasso Barisano</b></i>) of the <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Matera" title="Matera">Matera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basilicata" title="Basilicata">Basilicata</a>, well-known for their ancient <a href="/wiki/Cave" title="Cave">cave</a> dwellings inhabited since the <a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a> period. </p><p>The "Sassi" have been described by <a href="/wiki/Fodor%27s" title="Fodor's">Fodor's</a> as "one of the most unique landscapes in Europe".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with the park of the Rupestrian Churches, it was named a <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Italy" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Italy">World Heritage Site</a> by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> in 1993. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sassi_di_Matera&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sassi originate from a prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Cave_dweller" title="Cave dweller">troglodyte</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sassi are houses dug into the calcarenitic rock itself, which is characteristic of <a href="/wiki/Basilicata" title="Basilicata">Basilicata</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apulia" title="Apulia">Apulia</a>, locally called "tufo" although it is not volcanic <a href="/wiki/Tuff" title="Tuff">tuff</a> or <a href="/wiki/Tufa" title="Tufa">tufa</a>. 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 the <a href="/wiki/Gravina_(river)" title="Gravina (river)">Gravina river</a>. The ravine is known locally as "la Gravina". </p><p>The term <i>sasso</i> derives from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i>saxum</i>, meaning a hill, rock or great stone.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1950s, the government of Italy forcefully relocated most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city. Beset by extreme poverty and riddled with <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a>, the unhealthy living conditions were considered inhuman and an affront to the modern new Italian Republic of <a href="/wiki/Alcide_De_Gasperi" title="Alcide De Gasperi">Alcide De Gasperi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, people continued to live in the Sassi, and according to the English Fodor's guide:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (November 2014)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>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.</p></blockquote> <p>Until the late 1980s this was considered an area of poverty, since many of these houses were, and in some cases still are, uninhabitable. The current local administration, however, has become more tourism-oriented, and it has promoted the regeneration of the Sassi with the aid of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, the government, and <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>. Today there are many thriving businesses, pubs, and hotels there, as described in an April 2015 article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panorama_of_the_two_Sassi_of_Matera.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Panorama_of_the_two_Sassi_of_Matera.jpg/600px-Panorama_of_the_two_Sassi_of_Matera.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Panorama_of_the_two_Sassi_of_Matera.jpg/900px-Panorama_of_the_two_Sassi_of_Matera.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Panorama_of_the_two_Sassi_of_Matera.jpg/1200px-Panorama_of_the_two_Sassi_of_Matera.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9728" data-file-height="2096" /></a><figcaption>View from the Canyon (<i>Gravina</i>)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sassi_di_Matera&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "Sassi" grew in the area of <a href="/wiki/Altopiano_delle_Murge" title="Altopiano delle Murge">Murgia</a> Plateau,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> extended between <a href="/wiki/Apulia" title="Apulia">Apulia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basilicata" title="Basilicata">Basilicata</a>. Along with the "Civita" and the "Piano", the two Sassi form Matera's Old Town.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sassi_di_Matera&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sassi_innevati.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Sassi_innevati.jpg/260px-Sassi_innevati.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Sassi_innevati.jpg/390px-Sassi_innevati.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Sassi_innevati.jpg/520px-Sassi_innevati.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Sassi with snow (December 2007)</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Matera#Culture" title="Matera">Matera § Culture</a></div> <p>The Sassi are visually reminiscent of ancient sites in and around <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, and for this reason they have been used in many Christian-themed films, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_St._Matthew_(film)" title="The Gospel According to St. Matthew (film)">The Gospel According to St. Matthew</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Pier_Paolo_Pasolini" title="Pier Paolo Pasolini">Pier Paolo Pasolini</a>, 1964), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Passion_of_the_Christ" title="The Passion of the Christ">The Passion of the Christ</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson">Mel Gibson</a>, 2004), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nativity_Story" title="The Nativity Story">The Nativity Story</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Catherine_Hardwicke" title="Catherine Hardwicke">Catherine Hardwicke</a>, 2006) and <i><a href="/wiki/Ben-Hur_(2016_film)" title="Ben-Hur (2016 film)">Ben-Hur</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Timur_Bekmambetov" title="Timur Bekmambetov">Timur Bekmambetov</a>, 2016).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sassi di Matera serves as a critical clue in Dick Rosano's mystery, 'The Secret of Altamura.' They also appeared in <a href="/wiki/Patty_Jenkins" title="Patty Jenkins">Patty Jenkins</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Wonder_Woman_(2017_film)" title="Wonder Woman (2017 film)">Wonder Woman</a></i> (2017), serving as a location for the Amazons' city <a href="/wiki/Themyscira_(DC_Comics)" title="Themyscira (DC Comics)">Themyscira</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Cary_Joji_Fukunaga" title="Cary Joji Fukunaga">Cary Joji Fukunaga</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/No_Time_to_Die" title="No Time to Die">No Time to Die</a></i> (2021), where a scene with <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Aston_Martin" title="Aston Martin">Aston Martin</a> racing through was shot.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sassi_di_Matera&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>in 2016 the band <a href="/wiki/Corde_Oblique" title="Corde Oblique">Corde Oblique</a> released a song, "I sassi di Matera", on the album "I Maestri del Colore". The song is divided into two parts, the first inspired by the so-called Sasso Barisano, and the second by the Sasso Caveoso. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sassi_di_Matera&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basilicata_Matera1_tango7174.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sasso Barisano"><img alt="Sasso Barisano" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Basilicata_Matera1_tango7174.jpg/150px-Basilicata_Matera1_tango7174.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Basilicata_Matera1_tango7174.jpg/225px-Basilicata_Matera1_tango7174.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Basilicata_Matera1_tango7174.jpg/300px-Basilicata_Matera1_tango7174.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1320" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sasso Barisano</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basilicata_Matera6_tango7174.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sasso Caveoso"><img alt="Sasso Caveoso" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Basilicata_Matera6_tango7174.jpg/150px-Basilicata_Matera6_tango7174.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Basilicata_Matera6_tango7174.jpg/225px-Basilicata_Matera6_tango7174.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Basilicata_Matera6_tango7174.jpg/300px-Basilicata_Matera6_tango7174.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sasso Caveoso</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matera_san_pietro_caveoso.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of St. Pietro Caveoso"><img alt="Church of St. Pietro Caveoso" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Matera_san_pietro_caveoso.JPG/150px-Matera_san_pietro_caveoso.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Matera_san_pietro_caveoso.JPG/225px-Matera_san_pietro_caveoso.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Matera_san_pietro_caveoso.JPG/300px-Matera_san_pietro_caveoso.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Church of St. Pietro Caveoso</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sassi_di_Matera_aprile06_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View from the hills"><img alt="View from the hills" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Sassi_di_Matera_aprile06_04.jpg/90px-Sassi_di_Matera_aprile06_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Sassi_di_Matera_aprile06_04.jpg/135px-Sassi_di_Matera_aprile06_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Sassi_di_Matera_aprile06_04.jpg/180px-Sassi_di_Matera_aprile06_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View from the hills</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ita11141_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior of a cave house"><img alt="Interior of a cave house" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ita11141_01.jpg/150px-Ita11141_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ita11141_01.jpg/225px-Ita11141_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ita11141_01.jpg/300px-Ita11141_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior of a cave house</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ita11141_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ita11141_04.jpg/150px-Ita11141_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ita11141_04.jpg/225px-Ita11141_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ita11141_04.jpg/300px-Ita11141_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matera_casamuseo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Matera_casamuseo.jpg/150px-Matera_casamuseo.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Matera_casamuseo.jpg/225px-Matera_casamuseo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Matera_casamuseo.jpg/300px-Matera_casamuseo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sassi_di_Matera&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altopiano_delle_Murge" title="Altopiano delle Murge">Murgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falco_naumanni" class="mw-redirect" title="Falco naumanni">Falco naumanni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museo-laboratorio_della_Civilt%C3%A0_Contadina_(Museum-workshop_of_the_Peasant_Culture)" title="Museo-laboratorio della Civiltà Contadina (Museum-workshop of the Peasant Culture)">Museo-laboratorio della Civiltà Contadina (Museum-workshop of the Peasant Culture)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sassi_di_Matera&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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.id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a 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<li>Etruscan Necropolises of <a href="/wiki/Cerveteri" title="Cerveteri">Cerveteri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tarquinia" title="Tarquinia">Tarquinia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Spa_Towns_of_Europe" title="Great Spa Towns of Europe">Great Spa Towns of Europe - Montecatini Terme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_Florence" title="Historic Centre of Florence">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadrian%27s_Villa" title="Hadrian's Villa">Hadrian's Villa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medici_villas" title="Medici villas">Medici villas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piazza_dei_Miracoli" title="Piazza dei Miracoli">Piazza del Duomo, Pisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pienza" title="Pienza">Pienza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Gimignano" title="San Gimignano">San Gimignano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siena" title="Siena">Siena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urbino" title="Urbino">Urbino</a></li> <li><a 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