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Panoramic view of the Civita district in Matera
Feast of St Anthony in the Tempe Cadute district
Cave dwellings in the Civita district of Matera
The Church of San Donato in the Sassi of Matera
Convent of St Augustine in Matera
Fresco of Saint Leonard in the Church of Saint Donatus
Parish of San Rocco in Matera
The Convivium of St Anthony in Matera
Interior of the Parish Church of San Rocco in Matera
The Palmento in the Convicinio di Sant’Antonio in Matera
Altar of the parish church of San Rocco in Matera
The Sassi of Matera overlooking the Gravina
Christ the King Parish in Matera
The Civita dei Sassi district of Matera
The towers of Tramontano Castle in Matera
The Gravina of Matera
Tramontano Castle in Matera
Sasso Caveoso in Matera
The Maschio of Tramontano Castle in Matera
Church of Saint Lucy in Malve
Sculpture ‘Our Great Mother’ by Pietro Gurrado
Fresco in the church of Santa Lucia alle Malve
The sculpture “Our Great Mother” by Pietro Gurrado in Matera
The rock-hewn church of Santa Lucia alle Malve
La Palomba Sculpture Park in Matera
Courtyard of a cave house in the Sassi of Matera
Column in La Palomba Sculpture Park in Matera
Casegrotta in the Malve district of Matera
Sculpture by Antonio Paradiso, ‘Mausoleum to Icarus’
Via Madonna dell’Idris in Matera
Natural arch in the Sassi of Matera
The Civita district and the Sasso Barisano
Church of St John in Monterrone
Via Madonna delle Virtù in Matera
The Civita district in Matera
Terracotta painting in the Sassi of Matera
Craft shop in the Sassi of Matera
Stepped roof in the Sassi of Matera
The Trillanti Fischietti cave house in Matera
Stone buttresses at the Sassi di Matera

A panoramic view of the Civita district from the top of Via D’Addozio, bordered by Via Madonna delle Virtù on the left and Via Sant’Antonio Abate on the right

The entrance courtyard to the Sant’Antonio boarding house, situated in the Tempe Cadute district

A glimpse of the cave dwellings in the Civita district, specifically in Via Sant’Antonio Abate

The Church of San Donato, with a barrel vault, in the neighbourhood of Sant’Antonio

On the right, part of the Convent of Sant’Agostino in Via D’Addozio, which currently houses the Superintendency for Architectural and Environmental Heritage

Fresco of Saint Leonard in monastic robes on a column in the church of San Donato in the parish of Sant’Antonio

The façade of the parish church of San Rocco in Via Lucana

The steps leading down to the cellars of the Sant’Antonio neighbourhood

The single-nave interior of the new Parish Church of San Rocco in Via Lucana

Wine press for crushing grapes in the neighbourhood of Sant’Antonio

The high altar of the parish church of San Rocco, with the pipe organ in the background

A view of the Sassi di Matera along the Gravina

The Cristo Re parish church, flanked by its bell tower on Via Antonio Gramsci

Panoramic view of the Civita district, with the cathedral’s bell tower on the left

The two crenellated towers of the Aragonese castle in Tramontano, on Via Castello

The Gravina di Matera, the stream of the same name, which forms part of the Murgia Park, with the Sassi to the left

Tramontano Castle on Lapillo Hill, built in 1501 in the Aragonese style, with the keep at its centre

A group of cave dwellings in Sasso Caveoso

Detail of the keep, the crenellated tower at the centre of Tramontano Castle, on Lapillo Hill

Above the former altar stands a statue of Saint Lucy holding a chalice; to the left is a fresco of the saint of the same name in the rock-hewn church of Santa Lucia alle Malve

The 2009 sculpture entitled “Our Great Mother” by Pietro Gurrado in the Villa Comunale on Via XX Settembre

A 14th-century fresco depicting Jesus crowning the Virgin Mary, surmounted by the Deposition and Saint Nicholas, in the rock-hewn church of Santa Lucia alle Malve

The tuff sculpture entitled ‘Our Great Mother’, by the sculptor Pietro Gurrado, has stood in Via XX Settembre since 2009

The central nave of the rock-hewn church of Santa Lucia alle Malve, with a 17th-century fresco of the Madonna and Child on the pillar to the left

La Palomba Sculpture Park, Matera: works by Antonio Paradiso in the Contrada Pedale della Palomba on the SS7. Specifically, on the left and in the centre are two graffiti works from 1997, and on the right is the Mausoleum to Icarus (2000), represented by a Volkswagen Beetle crushed by a stone from Trani

The courtyard of a cave house filled with flower boxes in the heart of Sasso Caveoso

A steel column approximately 14 metres high (2006) in the La Palomba Sculpture Park in Matera, in the Pedale della Palomba district on the SS7, by Antonio Paradisio

The outer walls of some cave dwellings in the Malve district of Sasso Caveoso

A sculpture by Antonio Paradisio entitled “Mausoleum to Icarus”, depicting a Volkswagen Beetle crushed between two stones from Trani, located in the La Palomba Sculpture Park in Contrada Pedale della Palomba

Via Madonna dell’Idris in the Malve district (Sasso Caveoso), with the Monterrone rock formation in the background

A natural arch flanking the rocky spur of Monterrone

Panoramic view of the Civita district (right) and Sasso Barisano (left) from the Monterrone rocky outcrop

Frescoes on the walls of the rock-hewn church of San Giovanni in Monterrone, depicting various saints

A small glimpse of the Civita district, with a view of Via Madonna delle Virtù overlooking the Gravina ravine

Some cave dwellings in the Civita district along Via Madonna delle Virtù

A terracotta painting depicting the Sassi of Matera in Via Madonna dell’Idris, by Daddiego Dario

Daddiego Mario’s little shop in Via Madonna dell’Idris, a shop selling local handicrafts in a typical cave house

A cave house with a stepped roof in Via Madonna dell’Idris

Via Bruno Buozzi and the Fischietti Trillanti cave house in Sasso Caveoso

Stone buttresses of a cave dwelling in the Pianelle district

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