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Matera
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![The Sassi (cave) district of Matera
[Matera - Italy]](/destination/var/thumbs/Italy/Matera/italy_0319.jpg?m=1298553190)
The Sassi (cave) district of Matera [Matera - Italy]
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![The town of Matera is perched on the edge of a deep ravine
[Matera - Italy]](/destination/var/thumbs/Italy/Matera/italy_0320.jpg?m=1298553190)
The town of Matera is perched on the edge of a deep ravine [Matera - Italy]
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![It is divided into a bustling upper district and the quieter lower Sassi district
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It is divided into a bustling upper district and the quieter lower Sassi district [Matera - Italy]t
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![The people of Matera used to live in these cave dwellings
[Matera - Italy]](/destination/var/thumbs/Italy/Matera/italy_0322.jpg?m=1298553190)
The people of Matera used to live in these cave dwellings [Matera - Italy]
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From the 8th - 13th centuries, it is believed that such caves provided refuge for the monks from Eastern Anatolia [Matera - Ita
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![Peasants took over the caves in the 15th century
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Peasants took over the caves in the 15th century [Matera - Italy]
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![By the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and convents
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By the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and convents [Matera - Italy]
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![Unfortunately, by the 1950s the Sassi district was overtaken by squalor and poverty
[Matera - Italy]](/destination/var/thumbs/Italy/Matera/italy_0326.jpg?m=1298553190)
Unfortunately, by the 1950s the Sassi district was overtaken by squalor and poverty [Matera - Italy]
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![Inhabitants were then forcibly rehoused
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Inhabitants were then forcibly rehoused [Matera - Italy]
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![Today the streets and steps of Sassi lie empty and silent[Matera - Italy]](/destination/var/thumbs/Italy/Matera/italy_0328.jpg?m=1298553190)
Today the streets and steps of Sassi lie empty and silent[Matera - Italy]
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![Old Town, Matera
[Matera - Italy]](/destination/var/thumbs/Italy/Matera/italy_0329.jpg?m=1298553190)
Old Town, Matera [Matera - Italy]