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Santuario della Madonna della Palomba - >Matera

Santuario della Madonna della Palomba

Matera

Built in 1580 and leaning against the ancient cave in which remains the fresco. The façade with rose window and bell tower and the interior with a single nave with frescoes.

Quartiere la Civita - >Matera

Quartiere la Civita

Matera

The oldest part of the settlement, characterized by the presence of the cathedral, the palaces and the remains of several towers.

Chiesa di Santi Pietro e Paolo al Sasso Caveoso - >Matera

Chiesa di Santi Pietro e Paolo al Sasso Caveoso

Matera

Probably dating from the thirteenth century, It was rebuilt in the early eighteenth. The interior is in baroque style, full of statues, ornaments, paintings.

Museo – Laboratorio della Civiltà Contadina - >Matera

Museo – Laboratorio della Civiltà Contadina

Matera

It features a reconstruction of typical rooms of the past and a variety of crafts represented through their characteristic tools.

MUSMA – Museo della Scultura Contemporanea - >Matera

MUSMA – Museo della Scultura Contemporanea

Matera

More than two hundred and fifty works donated by artists, collectors, critics and art galleries Italian and foreign companies.

Parco Scultura la Palomba - >Matera

Parco Scultura la Palomba

Matera

Located in an abandoned quarry, it houses the works of Antonio Paradiso, Carrino, Trotta, Spagnolo.

Sasso Caveoso - >Matera

Sasso Caveoso

Matera

Today, the Sasso Caveoso District is characterized by an ancient appearance. This part of the city is mainly composed of houses dug into the rock, almost completely intact. The great homonymous square, where the recently renovated church of San Pietro Caveoso is also located, allows you to admire the panorama of the Gravina and the array of houses and caves, perched on each other.

Sasso Barisano - >Matera

Sasso Barisano

Matera

The Rione Sasso Barisano, is almost completely renovated and houses numerous restaurant and hotel facilities as well as various tourist attractions such as the reconstruction of the miniature stones and the Museum of Peasant Civilization.

Castello Tramontano - >Matera

Castello Tramontano

Matera

The structure, built in 1501 by Count Giancarlo Tramontano, feudal lord of Matera, is located on a hill, nicknamed Lapillo hill. The castle has an Aragonese style, with a central master and two round side towers, scalloped and equipped with louvers. Since 2008 it underwent a renovation, then finished in 2011.

Ipogei - >Matera

Ipogei

Matera

Located under the main square of the city and brought to light a few years ago, a number of underground rooms containing also an old tank, called the long Palombaro, and a tower making part of the walls near the Castello Tramontano.

Museo Nazionale d'Arte Medievale e Moderna - >Matera

Museo Nazionale d'Arte Medievale e Moderna

Matera

One section is dedicated to paintings and objects from the churches in the area. The second section sets out the paintings in the collection d'Errico. The third section has documents and works relating to the life and literary activity of Carlo Levi

Pinacoteca d'Errico - >Matera

Pinacoteca d'Errico

Matera

The collection consists of about six thousand books, five hundred prints and three hundred paintings, especially works of Neapolitan artists and some of the seventeenth-century .

Cattedrale di S. Maria della Bruna - >Matera

Cattedrale di S. Maria della Bruna

Matera

The church, which was founded on two pre-existing crypts, destroyed during the looting, and on the foundations of the church of Saint-Eustache, was built in 1270. On the facade a beautiful rose window and the interior full of frescoes and statues.

Museo Nazionale Domenico Ridola - >Matera

Museo Nazionale "Domenico Ridola"

Matera

It was born in 1911 thanks to a donation from Senator Domenico Ridola. The National Archaeological Museum Of Ridola in Matera, which is also the oldest museum in Basilicata, takes us back into the past of the ancient habits of the world of our ancestors. Through the traces of the finds found in the ancient Neolithic villages of Murgia, there are evidence of the development of agriculture in the 6th millennium BC An adventure in the past not to be missed.

Convicinio di Sant'Antonio - >Matera

Convicinio di Sant'Antonio

Matera

There are four rupestrian churches adjoining , whose entrances open onto a communal courtyard, dating from the twelfth and thirteenth century. Today in every room there is a cellar, dug out the ground floor when the churches were desecrated.

Palazzo De Angelis-Viti  - >Altamura

Palazzo De Angelis-Viti

Altamura (18 Km)

Palazzo De Angelis-Viti is one of the most representative and best preserved examples of palaces of the type house at court. It is located near the Gate of Bari. The building has changed over the years. The initial part, that of the building building which includes the ground floor and the main floor, dates back to the beginning of construction, with also the entrance portal and the internal loggia. Between the 17th and 18th centuries, the entrance portal was modified and the second floor was completed.

Masseria Calderoni - >Altamura

Masseria Calderoni

Altamura (35 Km)

Masseria Calderoni is a building that was built in the first half of the 16th century. Over time, the building was owned by the Calderoni family. Today the building is owned by the Netti family.

Masseria Casino De Angelis - >Altamura

Masseria Casino De Angelis

Altamura (18 Km)

Masseria Casino De Angelis was built in the 17th century. It consists of a productive and functional residence. The ownership of the land is of the Viti family.

Museo Comunale Storico - >Acquaviva delle Fonti

Museo Comunale Storico

Acquaviva delle Fonti (33 Km)

The Civic Museum of Campo di Alano Piave is located in the garden of the building and is divided over three floors. It presents objects, documents, iconographies related to the Great War of '15-18 and to emigration. You can see objects collected in the battlefield, photographs and original documents of the time. The Museum tells the story of 'Recuperants'. The structure is constantly changing to adapt to the needs of the materials on display.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto - >Bernalda

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto

Bernalda (37 Km)

The National Archaeological Museum of Metaponto exposes to the public objects that date from the prehistoric age to the Bronze Age. Inside there are funeral items, vases and ceramics. The Museum is open to the public and guided tours are also organized.

Torre Masseria Girifalco - >Ginosa

Torre Masseria Girifalco

Ginosa (27 Km)

The Masseria Girifalco Tower is part of a set of agricultural buildings in the area. This type of building also had the function of a fortified passenger compartment. Specifically, the farm in question has always been used with the aim of controlling the commercial routes that united the Metapontino, with the areas of Materano. That's why the presence of the tower.

Castello di Ginosa - >Ginosa

Castello di Ginosa

Ginosa (17 Km)

Torre Mattoni - >Ginosa

Torre Mattoni

Ginosa (36 Km)

Torre Brick was built in the 16th century with the function of defending the Ionian coasts and raids of the Saracens. It is located east of the Natural Oasis of Lake Salinella in the hamlet of Marina di Ginosa.

Castello Svevo - >Gravina in Puglia

Castello Svevo

Gravina in Puglia (24 Km)

The Swabian Castle stands on a hill, is a building that dates back to the Middle Ages and was erected at the behest of Frederick II. One of the main purposes was to act as a home during the hunting trips that the emperor was doing. It was also used as a venue for the meetings of the Curia. Today it can be visited only from the outside.

Torre dell'orologio - >Gravina in Puglia

Torre dell'orologio

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

The Clock Tower is the only example of Gothic art in Puglia. In 1980, due to a strong earthquake, the tower was seriously damaged. Later, it was rebuilt, and today it is in an excellent state of preservation.

Palazzo Ducale Orsini - >Gravina in Puglia

Palazzo Ducale Orsini

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

Palazzo Ducale Orsini dates back to the sixteenth century and has a basically Baroque style. The name was given to him because it was the home of Pier Francesco Orsini. This character was very important because it was the Pope, appointed Benedict XIII, who called the Jubilee in 1725.

Museo - Fondazione E.Pomarici Santomasi - >Gravina in Puglia

Museo - Fondazione E.Pomarici Santomasi

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

The E.Pomarici Santomasi Foundation is located in the seventeenth-century Palace originating from the Santomasi family, then linked to that of the Pomarici of Montepeloso. The exhibition space is distributed over three floors. On the ground floor there is a permanent exhibition of vintage clothes belonging to the Pomarici family. On the first floor is the Library that boasts 36,000 volumes including precious manuscripts and scrolls. On the top and second floor there is the space dedicated to archaeology that collects local coins and relics of excavations of pre-Roman times.

Santuario Madonna della Grazia - >Gravina in Puglia

Santuario Madonna della Grazia

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

The Sanctuary of Madonna della Grazia was built in 1602 as the residence of the bishop and seminarians. Its structure follows the logic of building the Tuscan order, with 12 oval stone medallions depicting the apostles. In 1980 the church was restored, completely transforming the structure of the building into that of a basilica. The bell tower dates back to the 19th century.

Castello Toritto - >Toritto

Castello Toritto

Toritto (37 Km)

The Toritto Castle is thought to have been built in the Peuceta era. During the 15th and 16th centuries, a tower was added called the Norman Tower, which was declared, in 1938, a National Monument. Currently, the Castle is privately owned.

Castello del Malconsiglio - >Miglionico

Castello del Malconsiglio

Miglionico (14 Km)

The Malconsiglio Castle was built between the 8th and 9th centuries. The structure has seven towers and is shaped like a parallelogram. In 1485, the Conspiracy of the Barons remained in the rooms of the castle. Over the years the castle had some owners. The most particular part is the Hall of the Star also known as the Hall of Spirits where there are niches carved in the walls and support the treasures of the inhabitants.

Museo Didattico Archeologico - >Laterza

Museo Didattico Archeologico

Laterza (17 Km)

The Archaeological Didactic Museum is located within the structure called “Citadel of Culture”. The exhibition includes ceramic objects and finds dating from the 7th to the 19th century coming from the territory of Laterza and its borders.

Piazza dell' Orologio - >Ginosa

Piazza dell' Orologio

Ginosa (16 Km)

It overlooks the Norman Castle and, together, give the center of the city of Ginosa an aspect that is very reminiscent of that of the most classic Hellenic villages, a symptom of the influence that Greece has had in the history of the city.

Chiesa Matrice - >Ginosa

Chiesa Matrice

Ginosa (17 Km)

Built in the mid-fifteenth century and dedicated to San Martino da Tours, one of the most famous saints beyond the Alps.

Abbazia di San Michele - >Montescaglioso

Abbazia di San Michele

Montescaglioso (14 Km)

The monastery was founded in the first half of the 12th century. In 1484, after joining the Benedictine Congregation of St. Giustina from Padua, the abbey was enlarged and restored in Renaissance forms.The monks abandoned the abbey in 1784.

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta - >Altamura

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta

Altamura (18 Km)

An architectonic complex constituted of an ensamble of elements offering an armonic beauty. The original romanic-pugliese style is also named "federiciano" for the insights of Federico II.

La Grotta di Lamalunga e l'Uomo di Altamura - >Altamura

La Grotta di Lamalunga e l'Uomo di Altamura

Altamura (33 Km)

This cave is characterized by a system of carsic cavities and narrow tunnels. After a corridor of about 60 meters, you can see the surprising archaeologic finding known as the Man of Altamura, the fossil skeleton of a man.

Palazzo Baldassarre - >Altamura

Palazzo Baldassarre

Altamura (18 Km)

Close to Piazza Foggiali, the palace shows the signs of centuries in its stones. It belongs to the long Baldassarre dinasty, first builders, then enterpreneurs, it was inhabited by descendants of the family.

Chiese Rupestri: Grotta di San Michele - >Gravina in Puglia

Chiese Rupestri: Grotta di San Michele

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

Among the natural fissures extends, in the karst rocks (Tuff), the famous cave-church dedicated to Archangel Michael that was the first cathedral of Gravina (sec. X).

Chiese Rupestri: Madonna della Stella - >Gravina in Puglia

Chiese Rupestri: Madonna della Stella

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

Located on the left side of the “Gravina” stream, it is a very suggestive rock complex in which the sacred and the profane seem to merge. Primitive seat, perhaps, of pagan cults, it later became the oldest symbol of Marian worship.

Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio - >Gravina in Puglia

Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

Funeral chapel of the Orsini family. In the presbytery perfect reduction of the dome of St. Peter, stands the altar by Francesco Guarino and a central altar inlaid in polychrome marble. The side altars in bicromes marble (s. XVII) are valuable

Ponte Acquedotto Orsini - >Gravina in Puglia

Ponte Acquedotto Orsini

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

The aqueduct bridge was built thanks to the contribution of the Duke of Gravina ORSINI in the mid-'700.It connects the Church Madonna della Stella and the Archaeological Park of BOTROMAGNO with the ancient city. medieval

Basilica Cattedrale - >Gravina in Puglia

Basilica Cattedrale

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

With three naves divided by columns, shows polychrome altars of early eighteenth century. Works of art: baptismal font by Pope Benedict XIII. the choir of late ' 500; wooden ceiling decorated with gold. In the sacristy a finely carved wooden bar (1561).

Gravina di Ginosa - >Ginosa

Gravina di Ginosa

Ginosa (17 Km)

Gravina di Ginosa is a kenyon whose formation was determined by geographical, geological and climatic conditions.The anthropic attendance has been given it from at least 50,000 years ago.The site returned a tool industry dating back to the Middle Paleolithic, in addition to the numerous wildlife remains.

Metaponto - Tempio Greco - >Bernalda

Metaponto - Tempio Greco

Bernalda (34 Km)

The Temple of Metaponto dates back to the 6th century BC. It was built by the Greeks as a sign of adoration of the Goddess Hera. Today, only the side columns remain along with many other buildings in the archaeological area. The finds found are kept in the National Archaeological Museum of Metaponto.

Parco Archeologico Botromagno  - >Gravina in Puglia

Parco Archeologico Botromagno

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

The Botromagno Archaeological Park is the place of greatest interest in Gravina in Puglia because it houses the remains of a Neolithic civilization. Some painted and plastered tombs of the 5th century BC are visible from the ancient city and the remains of a villa from the 2nd- I century BC.

Cava Pontrelli - >Altamura

Cava Pontrelli

Altamura (17 Km)

In Altamura, there is an archaeological site, dating back about 70 million years ago, with footprints of herbivores and carnivores dinosaurs. There are footprints of more than 200 specimens of at least 5 different species. The discovery of the deposit was possible thanks to the work of the paleontologist Umberto Nicosia and Fabio Petti.

Museo della Civiltà Contadina D. Bianco - >Sammichele di Bari

Museo della Civiltà Contadina "D. Bianco"

Sammichele di Bari (38 Km)

Madre Terra - >Laterza

Madre Terra

Laterza (17 Km)

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Comune di Matera

Matera

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Matera

Matera

apt Basilicata

Matera

Presidio Turistico di Grassano

Grassano (27 Km)

Comunita' Montana Murgia Tarantina

Mottola (37 Km)

Comunita' Montana Medio Basento

Tricarico (39 Km)

Comunita' Montana Murgia Barese Sud Est

Gioia del Colle (27 Km)

Comune di Toritto

Toritto (37 Km)

Comune di Cassano delle Murge

Cassano delle Murge (28 Km)

Comune di Montescaglioso

Montescaglioso (14 Km)

Comune di Acquaviva delle Fonti

Acquaviva delle Fonti (35 Km)

Comune di Altamura

Altamura (18 Km)

Comune di Gioia del Colle

Gioia del Colle (31 Km)

Comune di Gravina in Puglia

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

Comune di Castellaneta

Castellaneta (28 Km)

Comune di Ginosa

Ginosa (17 Km)

Comune di Laterza

Laterza (17 Km)

Comune di Mottola

Mottola (36 Km)

Comune di Palagianello

Palagianello (32 Km)

Comune di Ferrandina

Ferrandina (23 Km)

Comune di Garaguso

Garaguso (34 Km)

Comune di Grassano

Grassano (28 Km)

Comune di Grottole

Grottole (20 Km)

Comune di Irsina

Irsina (32 Km)

Comune di Miglionico

Miglionico (14 Km)

Comune di Oliveto Lucano

Oliveto Lucano (43 Km)

Comune di Santeramo in Colle

Santeramo in Colle (20 Km)

Comune di Calciano

Calciano (36 Km)

Comune di Pomarico

Pomarico (18 Km)

Comune di Salandra

Salandra (29 Km)

Comune di San Mauro Forte

San Mauro Forte (36 Km)

Comune di Tricarico

Tricarico (39 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Cassano Delle Murge

Cassano delle Murge (29 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Castellaneta

Castellaneta (29 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Miglionico

Miglionico (14 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Montescaglioso

Montescaglioso (14 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Mottola

Mottola (37 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Oliveto Lucano

Oliveto Lucano (38 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Palagianello

Palagianello (32 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Palagiano

Palagiano (38 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Pisticci

Pisticci (31 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Pomarico

Pomarico (17 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Salandra

Salandra (29 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Sammichele Di Bari

Sammichele di Bari (38 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica San Mauro Forte

San Mauro Forte (36 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Santeramo In Colle

Santeramo in Colle (19 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Toritto

Toritto (33 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Tricarico

Tricarico (39 Km)

Comune di Sammichele di Bari

Sammichele di Bari (38 Km)

Comune di Craco

Craco (35 Km)

Comune di Bernalda

Bernalda (30 Km)

Pro Loco Laterza

Laterza (17 Km)

Pro Loco “La Murgianella”

Cassano delle Murge (28 Km)

Pro Loco

Bernalda (30 Km)

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Grassano (28 Km)

Pro Loco

Salandra (29 Km)

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Tricarico (39 Km)

Ufficio del Turismo

Mottola (36 Km)

Porto degli Argonauti Lido di Macchia Mt

Bernalda (40 Km)

Alaggio Fiume Lenne - Ta- Biondi Silvio

Castellaneta (39 Km)

Comune di Pisticci

Pisticci (31 Km)

Comune di Palagiano

Palagiano (38 Km)

Presidio Turistico di Salandra

Salandra (29 Km)

MT Enrico Mattei

Pisticci (27 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Acquaviva Delle Fonti

Acquaviva delle Fonti (33 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Altamura

Altamura (18 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Bernalda

Bernalda (29 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Calciano

Calciano (36 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Craco

Craco (35 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Ferrandina

Ferrandina (22 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Garaguso

Garaguso (34 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Ginosa

Ginosa (16 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Gioia Del Colle

Gioia del Colle (31 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Grassano

Grassano (27 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Gravina In Puglia

Gravina in Puglia (23 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Grottole

Grottole (20 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Irsina

Irsina (32 Km)

I.A.T. Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica Laterza

Laterza (17 Km)

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Montescaglioso

Montescaglioso

It is 18,8 Km away - about 25 minutes

Miglionico

Miglionico

It is 21,3 Km away - about 24 minutes

Laterza

Laterza

It is 21,5 Km away - about 26 minutes

Altamura

Altamura

It is 21,6 Km away - about 22 minutes

Santeramo in Colle

Santeramo in Colle

It is 21,8 Km away - about 27 minutes

Ginosa

Ginosa

It is 24 Km away - about 32 minutes

Gravina in Puglia

Gravina in Puglia

It is 27,2 Km away - about 30 minutes

Pomarico

Pomarico

It is 28,8 Km away - about 32 minutes

Ferrandina

Ferrandina

It is 32,4 Km away - about 38 minutes

Castellaneta

Castellaneta

It is 32,9 Km away - about 39 minutes

Grottole

Grottole

It is 33,2 Km away - about 32 minutes

Gioia del Colle

Gioia del Colle

It is 35,8 Km away - about 40 minutes

 
 
 
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