One of the most impressive parts of the city is the Gravina canyon, where homes appear to spill down the cliffside.

A lesser-known gem in the south of Italy has been praised for its unique beauty and mysterious villages, including a ...

4. The Cave Homes of Matera, Italy Matera, a city in southern Italy, is famous for its ancient cave dwellings, some of which have been inhabited for over 9,000 years. These homes, carved directly ...

In the southern Italian town of Matera, I followed a sinuous laneway down into a haunting district known as the Sassi (Italian for the “stones”), where some 1,500 cave dwellings honeycomb the ...

Where southern Italy begins and the forests ... few mass movements in Italian history. But the caves are once again inhabited ...