Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Matera - Atlas Obscura

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Sassi di Matera

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

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The Crypt of the Original Sin

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

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La Palomba

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

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The Village of Craco

An Italian hillside ghost town.

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21 miles from Matera

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Rome Behind Locked Doors: Music, Magic, & Secret Crypts

Apr 1—Apr 7, 2019

Explore beneath Rome's streets and behind its locked doors to see a Rome that tourists rarely experience—magical, strange, and filled with legend.

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