Cultural site
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
Italy
About
A town of houses dug into soft rock, in two districts, Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso, joined by stairs and narrow lanes. Across the ravine are about 150 rock-cut churches, mostly from the 8th to the 14th century, some with frescoes.
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