Explore Matera in 1750

Historic Places, Rebuilt · City reconstruction

The Stone City of the Sassi, 1750

Matera in 1750 is the lived stone city of the Sassi: two amphitheatre-like tiers of cave dwellings carved into the calcarenitic rock, with the Duomo perched on the narrow Civita spur and new baroque façades cutting the cliffline. The walk crosses the Gravina from the Murgia, moves across the Piazza del Sedile into Sasso Barisano and down through Sasso Caveoso to see rock churches, terraced gardens, hanging cisterns and the daily labour of shepherds and householders.

26 scenes, 17 streets, squares and views, 9 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Matera as it stood in 1750 (“Sassi di Matera”).