Italy is not all high fashion and fast cars! It's hard to believe that up till as late as the 1970s there were cave dwellers in Italy, a country with a reputation for high fashion and sleek fast cars.  In the southern spur of Italy is the town of Matera whose citizens used to live in dwellings scooped out of rock cliffs. Matera, a southern province of Basilicata, is perched on the edge of a deep ravine.  The town is divided into a bustling upper district and the quieter lower Sassi … [Read more...]