The Sassi of Matera. Tourist guide
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
8897906036
ISBN 13
9788897906032
Category
culture and community
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Publication Year
2017
Publisher
Edizione Giannatelli, Italy
Description
Photographed by Antonello Di Gennaro.
From Wikipedia: The Sassi originate from a prehistoric troglodyte settlement and are suspected to be among the first human settlements in Italy. There is evidence that people were living here as early as the year 7000 BC.
The Sassi are houses dug into the calcarenitic rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia, locally called "tufo" although it is not volcanic tuff or tufa. The streets in some parts of the Sassi often run on top of other houses.
From Wikipedia: The Sassi originate from a prehistoric troglodyte settlement and are suspected to be among the first human settlements in Italy. There is evidence that people were living here as early as the year 7000 BC.
The Sassi are houses dug into the calcarenitic rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia, locally called "tufo" although it is not volcanic tuff or tufa. The streets in some parts of the Sassi often run on top of other houses.
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