Italy. Matera. Under Piazza Vittorio Veneto. Church Of The Holy Spirit, 10th Century AD Editorial Image

UNESCO World Heritage site. European Capital of Culture 2019. Italy. Part of an ancient Benedictine monastery, this hypogeum church came to light in the 1990s during the renovation of the above-mentioned Piazza Vittorio Veneto. The excavations have rediscovered an area of 5000 square meters with a high historical and urban value. Guided tours of the ancient and largest underground cistern of Europe called Il Palombaro Lungo, which could hold about 5 million cubic meters of rainwater, depart from these underground passages. 10th, archeology, arches, architecture, artistic, basilicata, century, conceal, decoration, decorations, faith, friezes, handicraft, history, holy, limestone, lucania, matera, medieval, middle, middleage, nave, niche, niches, religion, rock, room, sassi, spiral, spirit, spontaneous, sun, temple