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Home / Tag Matera 14
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By the 18th century some of these caves had evolved into fairly grand mansions and convents
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Cave dwellings at Matera
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Cave dwellings at Matera
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Cave dwellings at Matera
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From the 8th - 13th centuries, it is believed that such caves provided refuge for the monks from Eastern Anatolia
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Inhabitants were then forcibly rehoused
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It is divided into a bustling upper district and the quieter lower Sassi district
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Old Town, Matera
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Peasants took over the caves in the 15th century[Matera - Italy]
![Peasants took over the caves in the 15th century[Matera - Italy]](../../_data/i/galleries/Italy/Matera/matera_italy0324-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Peasants took over the caves in the 15th century[Matera - Italy] (1400 visite) [Sassi di Matera - Matera - Italy]")
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The people of Matera used to live in these cave dwellings
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The Sassi (cave) district of Matera
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The town of Matera is perched on the edge of a deep ravine
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Today the streets and steps of Sassi lie empty and silent
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Unfortunately, by the 1950s the Sassi district was overtaken by squalor and poverty
