Matera

Matera is a metropolis within the province of Matera within the area of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera and was the capital of the province of Basilicata from 1663 to 1806. The town lies in a small canyon carved out with the aid of the Gravina. Known as l. A. Citta sotterranea its historic centre "Sassi" carries historical cave dwellings from the Paleolithic duration. If always inhabited as Leonardo A. Chisena has counseled it would be one off the oldest constantly inhabited settlements within the global, as a substitute it has been advised.

By means of Anne Parmly Toxey that the site has been "occupied constantly for as a minimum three millennia and occupied sporadically for one hundred fifty-seven-hundred millennia previous to this. Sassi, along with the park of the Rupestrian Churches, become provided World Heritage Site status by way of UNESCO because 1993. On 17 October 2014, Matera turned into d Italian host of European Capital of Culture for 2019 collectively with the Bulgarian town of Plovdiv.