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<< Our Photo Pages >> Matera - Cave or Rock Shelter in Italy in Puglia

Submitted by Bjorn on Monday, 04 June 2007  Page Views: 5794

Natural PlacesSite Name: Matera Alternative Name: Matera caves
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 43.934 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Puglia Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Matera
Latitude: 40.664575N  Longitude: 16.612208E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
no data

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Matera
Matera submitted by Bjorn : Site in Puglia (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave Dwellings in Puglia. Matera is one of the oldest cities in Europe with cave dwellings that date back to the Neolithic era, many of which are still in use, often as chapels, churches and private homes.

Here you can meet genuine cave dwellers with their cars parked in front of the cave. The setting of the caves, on the slopes of a steep valley, is very evocative.

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Sassi di Matera
Sassi di Matera submitted by beefree : Matera (Vote or comment on this photo)

Matera
Matera submitted by Bjorn : Site in Puglia A look down the steep snaking path. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Matera
Matera submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the Matera sites, from "Annals of Archaeology" via archive.org Site in Puglia Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sassi di Matera 2
Sassi di Matera 2 submitted by beefree : Matera (Vote or comment on this photo)

Matera
Matera submitted by Bjorn : Site in Puglia Simpler caves on the other side of the valley.

Matera
Matera submitted by Bjorn : Site in Puglia

Matera
Matera submitted by Bjorn

Matera
Matera submitted by Bjorn : Site in Puglia Some of the caves have ceilings considerable height.

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Matera Street View by SteveDut on Saturday, 17 April 2010
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Re: Matera by Anonymous on Friday, 14 November 2008
Matera is not in Puglia County, but in Basilicata County
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