Matera, city of caves in Basilicata

Steps, Sasso Caveoso

Steps going up to the Sasso Caveoso in Matera. The Sassi (meaning “stones”) are houses dug into the calcareous rock and originate from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, thought to be some of the first human settlements in Italy.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Tue Oct 18, 1994
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