A weekend in Matera, Italy
‘Tragically beautiful’ Matera has gone from rags to riches over the past century. Evacuated in the 1950’s for rampant poverty and disease; Matera was awarded the UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1993 and 2019 as the European Cultural Capital. Matera has been inhabited since the Paleolithic time. In ancient times, cave-dwelling (not to be…