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It’s an amazing sight – a wide ravine with caves on both sides but on the town side they have been built out or have been fitted with windows and doors. You walk across a garden and find it is also the roof of the dwelling below.
We found that three of the best known cave churches are further down the valley but we saw several and the frescos are lovely. They have been designed to fit the space, which they do really well. Photos are not really allowed but we bought postcards and I managed one or two shots through the door.
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All that walking up and down was exhausted so we’ve been flopping around, just reading and snoozing. Amazingly this hotel has a big, deep bath so that helped the poor legs. I am filled with the need to do some pastel drawings based on the Frescos so it will be a quick meal at the hotel and an evening of art.
2 comments:
Your photos of Matera are breathtaking Maggie. I love those little houses clustered so tightly against the hillsides and each other and the frescoes are amazing. Have a wonderful time and thankyou for sharing it with us.
Sorry I can't bein Italy with you Maggie but I llok forward to reading your comments. I hope to be at your talk in Birmingham and hopefully I'll be able to do something with you next year
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