Matera's Sassi

A model of a part of Sassi di Matera, Italy. You can use it for home decor oR pen /pencil /brush holder. You can also use as a piece in the Nativity scene.If you want to know more about Matera, continue reading. Matera is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy.It is renowned for its rock-cut urban core, whose twin cliffside zones are known collectively as the Sassi. The Sassi consist of around twelve levels spanning the height of 380 m, connected by a network of paths, stairways, and courtyards. They are divided in two major groups: the Sasso Barisano (toward the city of Bari, Apulia) and the Sasso Caveoso (caved in the rock). Yet it was only at the turn of the 20th century that the Sassi were declared unfit for modern habitation, and the government relocation of all their inhabitants to new housing in the Piano followed between 1952 and the 1970s. Then the area was opened to restoration and reoccupation using modern way of refurbishment. The recognition of the Sassi, la