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Main monuments

Cathedral

The Cathedral(1270)is certainly worth a visit, and has been dedicated to Santa Maria della Bruna since 1389. Built in an Apulian-Romanesque architectural style, the church has a 52m tall bell tower, and next to the main gate is a statue of the Maria della Bruna, backed by those of Sts. Peter and Paul. The main feature of the façade is however the rosette window, divided by sixteen small columns. The interior is on the Latin cross plan, with a nave and two aisles. The decoration is mainly from the 18th century Baroque restoration, but recently a Byzantine-style fresco portraying the Final Judgment (14th century) has been discovered.

 
unesco world heritage site Sassi

This is the most outstanding, intact example of a troglodyte settlement in the Mediterranean region, perfectly adapted to its terrain and ecosystem. The first inhabited zone dates from the Palaeolithic, while later settlements illustrate a number of significant stages in human history.
The "Sassi" are houses dug into the rock itself, known as "Tuffo", which is characteritic of Basilicata and Puglia. Many of these "houses" are really only caverns, and the streets in some parts of the "Sassi" often are located on the rooftops of other houses. The ancient town grew in height on one slope of the ravine created by a river that is now all but a small stream. The ravine is known locally as, "la Gravina".
In the 1950s, the government of Italy forcefully relocated most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city.

 

Accomodation

Hotels

Hotel del Campo * * * *
Via Lucrezio, sn
Tel. 0835 388844 - Fax 0835 388757
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.hoteldelcampo.it
Hotel San Domenico al Piano * * * *
Via Roma, 15
Tel. 0835 256309 - Fax 0835 256309
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.hotelsandomenico.it
Palace Hotel * * * *
P.zza Michele Bianco, 12
Tel. 0835 330598 - Fax 0835 337782
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.palacehotel-matera.it

Albergo Italia * * *
Via Ridola, 5
Tel. 0835 333561 - Fax 0835 330087
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.albergoitalia.com
Hotel De Nicola * * *
Via Nazionale, 158
Tel. 0835 385111 - Fax 0835 385113
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.hoteldenicola.it
Hotel Sassi * * *
Via S.Giovanni Vecchio, 89
Tel. 0835 331009 - Fax 0835 333733
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.hotelsassi.it
Il Piccolo Albergo * * *
Via A. De Sariis, 11
Tel. 0835 330201 - Fax 0835 333122
La Casa di Lucio * * *
Via San Pietro Caveoso, 66
Tel. 0835 312798 - Fax 0835 318685
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.lacasadilucio.com
Locanda di San Martino * * *
Via S. Martino, 22
Tel. 0835 256600 - Fax 0835 256472
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.locandadisanmartino.it
Residenza Manicone * * *
S.S. 99 km. 14+690
Tel. 0835 383796 - Fax 0835 381986
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.residenzamanicone.it

Il Chiostro delle Cererie * *
Via Cererie, 16
Tel. 0835 344075 - Fax 0835 344176
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.chiostro.it

Albergo Roma *
Via Roma, 62
Tel. 0835 333912 - Fax 0835 333912

 
Bed & Breakfast

B&B Casa D'Imperio
Via D'Addozio, 39
Tel. 0835 330503 - Fax 0835 330503
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.casadimperio.it
Bed & Breakfast Domus del Barisano
Via Lombardi, 16
Tel. 0835 335450 - Fax 0835 335450
Bed & Breakfast Residence Sassi S. Gennaro
Via San Gennaro, 24
Tel. 338 8608686
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.bbresidenzasassi.it
Capriotti Bed & Breakfast
Via Gradoni Duomo 23-28
Tel. 0835 333997 - Fax 0835 333997
matera hotels accomodation basilicata www.capriotti-bed-breakfast.it

 

Eating out

Restaurants

Al Rugantino - Via Cosenza, 11-13-17
Cafè La Bella Vita - Via Gravina
Caffè del Cavaliere - Via D'Addozio, 140
Carpe Diem - Via Don Minzoni, 32
Corto Maltese - Via Don Sturzo, 49
Cremacacao - Via Leonardo Da Vinci, 9
Da Michele - Via Dante, 32
De Nicola - Via Nazionale, 158
Don Matteo - Via S. Biagio, 12
Giardini di Pan - Via La Martella, 45
Hemingway - Via Ridola, 44
Il Borghese - Via Lucana, 198
Il Cantuccio - Via delle Beccherie, 33
Il Casino del Diavolo - Via La Martella, 48
Il Castello Tramontano - Via Castello, 1
Il Cenacolo - Via Roma, 15
Il Falco Grillaio - Via Ridola, 17
Kappador - Via Brindisi
L'Incontro - Via Farina, 2
L'Osteria - Via Fiorentini, 58
La Buca - Via S. Pardo, 95
La Cantina della Bruna - Via Spartivento, 20
La Cucina Casereccia di F. Stano - Via S. Cesarea, 67/69
La Scaletta - Via Piceni, 20
La Scaletta di Trani Maria Rita - Via Sette Dolori, 62
La Talpa - Via Fiorentini, 167
Lady Night - P.zza Cesare Firrao, 5/7
Le Botteghe - P.zza S. Pietro Barisano, 8
L'Osteria Di Leo Antonio - Via Fiorentini, 58
Masseria del Pantaleone - C.da Chiancalata
Morgan - Via Buozzi, 2
Musicomania - Via Casale, 69
Oi Marì - Via Fiorentini, 66 - Sassi
Orient Express - Via Rosselli
Osteria Arti e Mestieri - Via Rosario, 73
Paradise Gastronomia - Via Lazzazzera
Peccati di Gola - Via La Martella
Pummarola - Via Lucana, 72
Punto Giusto - Via La Martella
Ridola 47 - Via Ridola, 47
Ristorante Basilico - Via S. Francesco, 33
Ristorante Il Borghese - Via Lucana, 198
Ristorante Lucanerie - Via S. Stefano, 61
Ristorante Moro - Vico IV Cappelluti, 2
Ristorante Nuovo Terrazzino - Vico S. Giuseppe, 7
Ristorante Rivelli - Via Casalnuovo, 27
Ristorante Tommaso - Via degli Aragonesi, 31
Ristorante Vecchia - Vico Lombardi, 52
Ristorante Villa Grande - Via La Martella, 36
Ritella - Da Mario - Via XX Settembre, 12
Rivelli Massimo - Via B. Buozzi, 21
Sapere e Sapori - Via Dante, 54
Suspiria - C.da Pedale della Madonna
Taverna La Focagna - Rec. 1 Domenico Ridola, 11
Tempa Bianca - C.da Rifeccia S.P. 7
Trattoria del Corso - Via L. La Vista, 12
Trattoria Lucana - Via Lucana, 48
Trofè D'Elite - C.da La Palomba
Venusio - Via Lussemburgo - Venusio
Villa Irene - Via A.di Francia, 2
Wunsch - Via Cantanzaro, 18

 
Pizzerias

Pizza Export Drive In - Via Nazionale, 105
Pizzeria Collodi - Via Collodi, 49
Pizzeria Costellazioni - P.zza Costellazioni
Pizzeria d'asporto - Via Dante, 61
Pizzeria Di Trani - Via D'Alessio, 23
Pizzeria La Bottega - Via Mattei, 10
Pizzeria Maglione - Via Altamura
Pizzeria Pizzolla - Via Lucana, 94
Pizzeria Rugantino - Via Cosenza, 15
Pizzeria S. Agostino - Via D'Addozio, 6/8
Pizzeria S. Francesco - C.da San Francesco
Pizzeria San Pardo - Via San Pardo, 130
Pizzeria Speedway - Via Roma, 48/50
Punto Pizza - Via Dante, 110
Un Girotondo di Pizza - Via Gattini, 46

Fast food & Self service

Alimenti Doc - Via Lupo Protospata, 45
D'Ercole Tavola Calda - Via Don L. Sturzo, 14/C

Ethnic Restaurants

Lin Huannao - Chinese
Via Lucana, 168