Matera Mystica: Immersive Audio Tour of the Sassi, Blending Mystery and Spirituality

Highlights

• Immersive Experience
• Authentic Locations
• Self-Paced Tour

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Belvedere Luigi Guerricchio

   10min

   Belvedere Luigi Guerricchio between panoramic views and mindfulness meditation. This belvedere is named after Luigi Guerricchio, an artist deeply linked to Matera, who was able to capture its lights, shadows and geometries in his paintings. And looking at the view from this point, you can see why: what you have ...

2. 2

   Casa grotta del Casalnuovo

   5min

   Casa Grotta del Casalnuovo and rural life in the Sassi. This cave house is a faithful testimony of how people lived in the Sassi until the 1950s, before displacement. A single room, carved into the rock, housed ...

3. 3

   Cathedral Basilica of Matera

   10min

   Cathedral of Matera between Romanesque art, faith and local traditions. The cathedral was built between 1230 and 1270, in the middle of medieval times, on one of the highest points of the city, symbolically separating the Sasso Caveoso from the Sasso Barisano. Its position is not accidental : it represents a center ...

4. 4

   Chiesa di Madonna delle Virtu Nuova

   10min

   Church of Our Lady of Virtues between rock art and spirituality. Its origins date back to the medieval period, between the 10th and 12th centuries, when Matera was crossed by Eastern and Western monastic communities. This cave complex is not a single church, but ...

5. 5

   Stop 5

   10min

   Church of San Giovanni in Monterrone and architecture in negative. This rock church dates back to the 11th-12th centuries, in the middle of medieval times, when Matera was a very active monastic and spiritual center. The name “Monterrone” recalls the great ...

6. 6

   Stop 6

   10min

   Church of San Pietro Barisano between history, catacombs and mysteries. The origins of the church date back to the twelfth century, although the current appearance is the result of enlargements and transformations that took place especially in the sixteenth century. The name “Barisano” seems to derive from a ...

7. 7

   Chiesa Di San Pietro Caveoso

   10min

   Church of San Pietro Caveoso between art, spirituality and legends. This church has its roots in the thirteenth century, in a time when Matera was a tangle of simple spirituality and daily life. The name “Caveoso” comes from the cavities carved into the rock, and this already tells ...

8. 8

   Chiesa rupestre di Santa Lucia alle Malve

   10min

   Church of Santa Lucia alle Malve and the charm of rock churches. This rock church is considered one of the oldest of the Sassi complex, with origins dating back to at least the 8th-9th centuries. It was inhabited by a community of ...

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