Location: Matera
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What to do and see in Matera, Basilicata: The Best Sacred & Religious Sites
Get to Matera quickly, because it’s still relatively undiscovered by foreign tourists. In town, visit the Domenico Ridola National Museum. Matera’s real claim to fame, though, and the reason it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the extensive series of cave dwellings ("i sassi") southeast of town, first inhabited by Benedictine and Basilian monks. You’ll see individual cells, chapels, and even some churches, many adorned with Byzantine decorations and frescoes.
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1. Chiesa dei Quattro Evangelisti
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5.0 based on 41 reviews
2. Church of Santa Maria de Idris
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4.5 based on 748 reviews
This church is carved into a huge rock pinnacle jutting from the lip of a gorge.
Reviewed By dakkass - Isola d'Ischia, Italy
Carved into the rock at its summit it's the focal point of the town! Very beautiful the view from outside the two churches. Worth the ticket!
3. Santuario Santa Maria di Picciano
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4.5 based on 17 reviews
Casa di accoglienza per giornate di ritiro e spiritualità. Camere singole e doppie per un totale di 80 posti letto. Possibilità di campeggio autogestito, per 60 posti.
4. Chiesa di San Rocco
5. Chiesa del Purgatorio
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4.5 based on 221 reviews
Reviewed By groupleader45212 - Helena, United States
Although the exterior with its skulls and cross bones looks like Captain Jack Sparrow May have built it; this is a gorgeous little church and right on the mask. Street of the old city.
6. Convicinio Di Sant' Antonio
7. San Giovanni in Monterrone
8. Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi
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4.0 based on 215 reviews
Reviewed By coconutugly - Marbella, Spain
This 13thC church was built on another ancient church, which is accessible through a trapdoor in the third chapel to the left. The facade is a gorgeous Baroque facade.
