We are in the South of Italy, in the heel of the boot, in Apulia. Ostuni is known as the white city, built on a hill of white limestone. This is our first destination. Next, we travel to Alberobello where the trulli architecture is truly unique! Dry set stones are arranged in thin layers on the conical shaped roof tops (shielding residents from the hot sun in the summertime). From there we travel to Matera, a lesser known destination for travel in Southern Italy, in the Basilicata Region. Matera was a city built of caves on a deep ravine in Southern Italy, almost unknown to folks in other parts of Italy. People, like Dr. Carlo Levi (who wrote "Christ Stopped at Eboli", pub. 1945) was banished to Matera because of his opposition to Fascism (1935). The Sassi remained remote and obscured from most until the 1950's when the Italian government realized the squalor and medieval lifestyle of the residents. Finally in the l960's the last residents of this cave ravine were moved to other housing. Nowadays, the Sassi at Matera has become a trendy place to live; hotels have renovated spaces and you can book a room at a spa hotel. Driving into the modern Matera, it would be difficult to know that this deep ravine exists and much is unknown about its past residents.
Music: "Send for the Horses" by Kevin MacLeod
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Негізгі бет ITALY 2011 Ostuni Alberobello Matera
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