View Of Matera In Springtime, Italy. Stock Image

View of Matera (Basilicata, southern Italy), with the Sassi in the lower part. The Sassi (Stones), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are one of Italy’s oddest urban features. Now mainly abandoned, they are a troglodyte enclave occupying the lower regions of the city. Matera overlooks a ravine in the heart of a region cut by erosion into deep gorges. The bell tower in the upper part of the city is th