Guided Tour Sassi di Matera Sasso Caveoso and Civita

Guided Tour Sassi di Matera Sasso Caveoso and Civita

The Tour starts from Piazza Pascoli with a historical/architectural and anthropological introduction of the Sassi with the background of the wonderful view on the Sasso Caveoso. The tour continues towards Sasso Caveoso where it will be possible to admire Piazza S. Pietro Caveoso and the Rupestrian Church

The next stops are at a typically furnished cave house, which will allow us to perceive the 'painful humanity' of this peasant world. After traveling in time and space from the Paleolithic to our days the tour ends with a small tasting of typical products included in the price.

Enjoy a guided tour conducted by a licensed guide in the beautiful Matera!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Chiesa rupestre di Santa Lucia alle Malve, Sasso Caveoso, Matera Italy

The rupestrian church of Santa Lucia alle Malve is the first female monastic settlement of the Benedictine Order, dating back to the VIII century, and the most important in the history of the city of Matera.

Santa Lucia alle Malve is a church in rock of considerable size that develops in three distinct naves that despite having undergone heavy upheavals, after the abandonment by the monastic community, has left many of those signs to allow, with a hint of imagination , to reconstruct its planimetric and architectural development.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Casa Grotta di Vico Solitario, Vico Solitario 11, 75100, Matera Italy

Casa grotta is a typical dwelling of the maternal, peasant culture , is accurately furnished in the period style in which it was inhabited, to better understand the uses and customs of our ancestors.

Duration: 15 minutes