Matera - Cattedrale di Matera
"La Voix Du Sang," Rene Magritte, year unknown
Back entrance
Doors
Edificio Lopez Serrano - let's explore
Edificio Lopez Serrano - Exit
Leftover Web With Fresh Bugs
knocker knocker
la vecchia stazione
Störreserve
framing the shadow
Caldecote, south porch
Door Decoration Detail (1)
Monchique
Monchique
Monchique
Monchique
Monchique
Monchique
lange nicht benutzt
Souterrain
TR6 - door [initial survey 4 / 11]
TR6 - door hinges [initial survey 6 / 11]
TR6 - Compartment 1
TR6 - compartment 5
TR6 - door and seat (cmpt 4)
TR6 - Kitchen end door
TR6 - interior ; almost full length
TR6 - compartment 5 (door / seat)
TR6 - compartment 5 (door off)
TR6 - door, compt 3
TR6 - threshold
Door on the Witte Singel
Yucca Tree
verde vecchiaia ;-)
Edificio Bertha - Art déco
Edificio Bertha - Art déco
old door
Art déco in blue
Art déco in blue
luz para todos
La Habana - facades
La Moderna Poesia
Office
Chapel
Castle Walls - HFF!
Portal
Türklinken
Engel mit Bibel
Engelskopf aus Terracotta
Terracotta-Fliesen als Türumrandung
CAS - Dun - QH, internal door
4 Eingänge
Sagua la Grande - Colonia Española - HFF!
Sagua la Grande - La Colonia Española
house with old windows
Jugendstil door
No one left and no one came
Door
F*** The Premier League
38/50 - spot on !
una porta rampante
Long face
Two doors
And We're On Our Way
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Matera - Cattedrale di Matera
The original settlement of Matera lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a complex of cave dwellings carved into the ancient river canyon. The settlement is divided into the districts of Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso.
The cave settlements in the area are an exceptional example in the Mediterranean area. Inhabited since the Neolithic Age, Matera can be considered one of the oldest cities in the world.
According to Greek, Roman, Langobard and Byzantine history, which Matera shares with all of southern Italy, Saracens devastated the place in 938. It came under Norman rule in 1043, became a royal seat and thus achieved considerable wealth. This bloom continued under the subsequent regiments of the Staufer and Anjou, in 1270 the cathedral of Matera was completed.
Already by the late 1800s, Matera's cave dwellings became noted for intractable poverty, poor sanitation, meager working conditions, and rampant disease. In 1948, when the city was hit by malaria, 15,000 people lived in 3,300 rooms. From the 1950s on the residents were relocated to newly built apartment blocks. Since the Sassi are now a museum town, tourism is also becoming increasingly important.
Known as la città sotterranea ("the underground city"), the Sassi and the park of the Rupestrian Churches were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. In 2019, Matera was declared a European Capital of Culture.
Today Matera has a population of about 60.000, who live in the city "above" the sassi.
The Matera Cathedral (Cattedrale della Madonna della Bruna e di Sant'Eustachio) was built on the highest point between the two sassi, on the site of the ancient Church of Saint Eustace. The erection in Apulian Romanesque style started in 1230 at the behest of Emperor Frederick II of Swabia, Holy Roman Emperor and Count of Matera. A few years earlier Pope Innocent III had raised Matera to the rank of archdiocese in union with Acerenza. It was completed in 1270.
Unlike the interior which has undergone several transformations over time, the exterior retains its original form almost intact.
Two monks guard this lavishly decorated door. The right monk is still pretty undamaged, while the left one has lost both hands and his head.
The cave settlements in the area are an exceptional example in the Mediterranean area. Inhabited since the Neolithic Age, Matera can be considered one of the oldest cities in the world.
According to Greek, Roman, Langobard and Byzantine history, which Matera shares with all of southern Italy, Saracens devastated the place in 938. It came under Norman rule in 1043, became a royal seat and thus achieved considerable wealth. This bloom continued under the subsequent regiments of the Staufer and Anjou, in 1270 the cathedral of Matera was completed.
Already by the late 1800s, Matera's cave dwellings became noted for intractable poverty, poor sanitation, meager working conditions, and rampant disease. In 1948, when the city was hit by malaria, 15,000 people lived in 3,300 rooms. From the 1950s on the residents were relocated to newly built apartment blocks. Since the Sassi are now a museum town, tourism is also becoming increasingly important.
Known as la città sotterranea ("the underground city"), the Sassi and the park of the Rupestrian Churches were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. In 2019, Matera was declared a European Capital of Culture.
Today Matera has a population of about 60.000, who live in the city "above" the sassi.
The Matera Cathedral (Cattedrale della Madonna della Bruna e di Sant'Eustachio) was built on the highest point between the two sassi, on the site of the ancient Church of Saint Eustace. The erection in Apulian Romanesque style started in 1230 at the behest of Emperor Frederick II of Swabia, Holy Roman Emperor and Count of Matera. A few years earlier Pope Innocent III had raised Matera to the rank of archdiocese in union with Acerenza. It was completed in 1270.
Unlike the interior which has undergone several transformations over time, the exterior retains its original form almost intact.
Two monks guard this lavishly decorated door. The right monk is still pretty undamaged, while the left one has lost both hands and his head.
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