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Unfortunately, by the 1950s the Sassi district was overtaken by squalor and poverty

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matera_italy0326.jpg By the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and conventsThumbnailsInhabitants were then forcibly rehousedBy the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and conventsThumbnailsInhabitants were then forcibly rehousedBy the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and conventsThumbnailsInhabitants were then forcibly rehousedBy the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and conventsThumbnailsInhabitants were then forcibly rehousedBy the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and conventsThumbnailsInhabitants were then forcibly rehousedBy the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and conventsThumbnailsInhabitants were then forcibly rehousedBy the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and conventsThumbnailsInhabitants were then forcibly rehoused

[Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]