Castles & Palaces in Matera
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A city where thousands lived in caves also has a row of noble palaces – not a contradiction but the same process seen from two sides. While the rock was being extended down on the slope, people were building in stone up on the plateau: administration, church, landed property.
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The palace above the caves – today home to the MUSMA sculpture museum and the best place to see the city’s double structure from inside.
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Once the town hall, today the conservatoire – the building that gives the square its name and, to this day, its sound.
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The noble palace on Piazza Duomo – today a hotel, but from outside still an unchanged part of the square on the Civita.
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A former convent on the main square, today the city library and a cinema – one of the few places in Matera where monument and everyday life fall together directly.
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A castle that was never finished – because the city killed the man who was building it. What stands is the stump of a far larger design.
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A convent above the edge: the best view of the Sasso Barisano – and beneath it a rock church older than the building above.
