Fifty years after Italy's Matera was a national embarrassment because of its extreme poverty, the city is rescuing its dignity, baroque palaces and cave churches to become a European Capital of ...

Carved directly into the rock, the town of Matera is one of Italy's most iconic destinations. With its unique architecture, this ancient city boasts one of the most impressive cultural heritages in ...

The third-oldest city in the world, Matera is in the limelight in 2019 but it has an enduring, timeless appeal that few travellers will be able to resist. Here's what The Local's editor Clare Speak ...

Today, it’s one of the most astonishing places in Italy — a city carved into a rugged hillside — but just a few years ago, Matera was branded a national disgrace. Many residents still remember when ...

Read the following text and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] When James Bond did a death-defying motorcycle jump for No Time to Die in front of the cave home where her ancestors had lived for centuries ...

European Capital of Culture status has shone a spotlight on Italy's oldest city, whose previous claims to fame were an image as a cinematic "New Jerusalem" but also its "shameful" slums. Matera, ...

Euronews' Marta brambilla Pisoni reports from Matera as the city gears up for its opening ceremony as European Capital of Culture 2019. A jewel of stone in the heart of Italy's southern Basilicata ...

During a recent trip to Italy, a London-based parkour team bounded through the streets of Matera, a city in the country’s Basilicata region—and damaged a historic building while traversing the terrain ...