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 ...

Ever heard of a city older than Rome that’s still very much alive? Welcome to Matera. Look down. Those glowing stone homes carved into the cliffs. People have lived here for over 9,000 years. At night ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re in need of proof that stories of renewal and hope still exist, then book a trip to Matera – an ancient southern Italian town that’s gone from decrepit squalor to Europe’s 2019 capital of ...

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 ...

The southern Italian city of Matera has been selected as the 2019 European capital of culture. File photo: Filippo Monteforte / AFP. Fifty years after Italy's Matera was a national embarrassment ...