Matera is based in the Basilicata reagion of southern Italy, a little known gem with astounding beauty and history. The old town of Sassi dates back to a prehistoric troglodyte settlement with the cave dwellings till visible today among the rupestrian churches and cobbled streets.
These photos where shot earlier this year over 5 days travelling around the region.
View from the apartment through the old town
Evening mist over the cathedral
Crooked streets
View from the balcony
Church over the valley
Old and new
Church of Madonna De Idris
Ancient cave monastery
Cobbled streets
A glimmer of sun on the hand carved walls
Escher style street architecture
San Nicola De Greci fourteenth century paintings
The days before shelving
Sunset over the cathedral
Sunny valley and river
From the rock
