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Hilton Garden Inn Matera, Italy Rating: Not Rated
Via Germania, Borgo Venusio,
Matera, 75100 Italy
Hotel Rates Range: 90.00 EUR ~ 115.00 EUR
Airport: Palese Macchie (BRI)65 Kilometers; Brindisi (BDS) 120 Kilometers; Napoli (NAP) 245 Kilometers ...
Area: Matera, Italy
The property is situated in a 5 hectare park overlooking the beautiful hills surrounding Matera, in the heart of the newly restructured shopping and residential area ''Borgo Venusio''. Matera is one of the most inspiring destinations in Southern Italy, looking back on centruies of fascinating urban architecture, silent witness of an original and enchanting civic culture. In 1993 Matera was declared ''World Heritage'' by UNESCO, in order to acknowledge and protect its unique heritage: the famous ''Sassi''. The two Rioni Sassi (the Sasso Barisano and the Sasso Caveoso) offer a breathtaking view to the visitor and make it impossible not to be moved by the silent tale of the Sassi: a tale of contradictions, of highly developed urban architecture, testimonials of an amazing civic culture, co-existing with extreme poverty and the eternal tragedy of the barely human conditions of the peasant's life.
Thanks to the uniqueness of the Sassi, which have remained perfectly preserved for centuries, Matera has been in the limelight as a film set since the early 1950's attacting first film directors and subsequently the general public. Mel Gibsons' ''Passion'', filmed in 2004 has definitely put Matera on the world's map as a tourist attraction and the steadily increasing stream of visitors has established ''La citt'a dei Sassi'' as a ''must see'' in the region. ...
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