The Caves of Matera in Italy

Located in Southern Italy, there is an ancient city called Matera, famed for its cave houses called 'sassi'. The sassi are carved into the cliffs of a rocky ravine. They are believed to have been created by what was once a big river. The dwellings are said to be among the first human settlements in Italy dating back to the Paleolithic era some 9,000 years ago. Since then, until as recently as the 1950s, the caves have been inhabited.

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