Matera

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Check out this stunning drone video of the Italian city of Matera, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot Brand07. Settled over 10,000 years ago, the city was founded during the Roman Republic period in 250 BC. The capital of its namesake province as well as the region of Basilicata (the "ankle" of Italy), Matera is situated in a gorge of the Gravina River. The historical and cultural heart of the city is the Sassi di Matera, which consists of the Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barisano Districts.

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Matera is one of the oldest cities in the world whose territory holds evidence of human settlements starting from the Paleolithic and without interruption until today. It represents an extraordinary page written by man through the millennia of this long history. Getting around Matera is like living in a forgotten past. When you visit this evocative city of Lucania the feeling is to enter a crib. It is no coincidence that Matera is also called "the second Bethlehem", and it was the setting of films like Mel Gibson's The Passion and Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel according to Matteo.