Parco Archeologico Storico Naturale delle Chiese Rupestri del Materano

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Surface Area: 8'056.00 ha

Provinces: MT

Establishment: 1990

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The shepherds' trails (photo by PR Chiese Rupestri Materano)

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Matera and Murgia Materana Park (photo by PR Chiese Rupestri Materano)

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Landscape (photo by PR Chiese Rupestri Materano)

One of the Most Spectacular Rupestrian Landscapes in Italy

A superficial knowledge of the Park territory leads to consider it as a naked, harsh, and hostile place because of its wide heaps of stones and steep overhanging rocks. However, in this rough orography which seems to repel man's presence, it is possible to find an extraordinary naturalistic richness. In the Park there are prehistorical caves, rupestrian monastic settlements, and prehistorical settlements.