No photo or description can ever prepare you for the beauty that is Matera, in the region of Basilicata (Italy’s South). Take the ancestral history (inhabited since 7000bc!), the picturesque Murgia landscape, some impressive architecture (all made with tufa stone) and you have the City of Stones. In 2019, Matera will be the European Capital of Culture and for years Hollywood has been in love with this place (Ben Hur, Passion of the Christ & Wonder Woman more recently). Photo shot half way down Via D’Addozio by night in May, 2016 #touristbychance #matera #basilicata #igersmatera #instamatera #ig_matera #whatitalyis #italia #italy #italiainunoscatto #top_italy_photo #canonphotography #canon #canonitalia #wonderfulplaces #sassidimatera #beautifuldestinations #europeancapitalofculture2019 #vivomatera #ig_europe #nightphoto #canonphotographer (at Sassi di Matera)