Important to reconstruct the origins of the city of Matera and its surroundings is a visit to the National Museum “Domenico Ridola”, established in 1911 and dedicated to one of the most distinguished men of the city and located in Via Ridola, near the Sassi di Matera.
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The Museo-Laboratorio della Civiltà Contadina of Matera was created by Mr. Donato Cascione and is currently managed by the cultural association of the same name (non-profit organization), of which Cascione is president. It currently has an extension of 500 square meters …
The cultural, geological and anthropological landscape of the park, built in an old disused quarry near Matera, is among the most interesting in the world. Inside the park, with an extension of about 6 hectares and an exhibition structure of about 1500 square meters, numerous structures-installations are displayed …
Thanks to an immersive path made of lights, sounds and colors you can relive the most intense moments of a party that every year attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world. In addition to a fantastic location in the heart of the Sassi, the Museum also houses a faithful 1: 1 scale reconstruction of the Triumphal Chariot …
A stone’s throw from the Duomo, in the upper part of Sasso Caveoso, one of the two natural depressions that characterize Matera, Casa Noha offers itself to the visitor as an “entrance gate” to the city, retracing its history thanks to an innovative communication project.
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In a splendid architectural setting the Museum boasts a large collection of paintings by Carlo Levi, numerous works of the Neapolitan school of the ‘600 and’ 700 and various wooden and pictorial works from different centers of the province, restored by …
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MUSMA is the most important Italian museum entirely dedicated to sculpture and the only cave museum in the world. It illustrates the history of Italian and international art from the late 1800s to today with a rich body of about 500 works including sculptures, ceramics, multiples, jewels, medals …
1200 square meters underground to discover the history of the city of the Sassi and not only up to a depth of 12 meters. Time and space are lost in a journey from its origins to today. The history of Matera narrated in one place. A city under the city made of houses, streets. cisterns, production environments and places of worship in a world to discover …
The project of the Casa di Ortega, carried out by the Zètema Foundation of Matera, was conceived with the dual purpose of documenting the presence in Matera of the great Spartan artist Josè Ortega and of promoting the rediscovery and enhancement of the local artisan tradition …
The MOOM is located in the Sassi of Matera and was built in an ancient rock oil mill as proof of the historic functionality of the cave and its integration into the urban landscape. The Frantoio building, now the Matera Oil Museum, is believed to date back to the 15th-16th century …
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