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Cave dwellings at Matera
Cave dwellings at Matera
Cave dwellings at Matera
Cave dwellings at Matera
Cave dwellings at Matera
Cave dwellings at Matera
From the 8th - 13th centuries, it is believed that such caves provided refuge for the monks from Eastern Anatolia
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
Old Town, Matera
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
Unfortunately, by the 1950s the Sassi district was overtaken by squalor and poverty
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
The Sassi (cave) district of Matera
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
The town of Matera is perched on the edge of a deep ravine
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
It is divided into a bustling upper district and the quieter lower Sassi district
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
The people of Matera used to live in these cave dwellings
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
Peasants took over the caves in the 15th century[Matera - Italy]
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
By the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and convents
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
Inhabitants were then forcibly rehoused
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]
Today the streets and steps of Sassi lie empty and silent
[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]

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