Viewpoints in Matera
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Matera is hard to grasp from the inside. Only from an edge do you see how the city is built: terrace upon terrace, every roof the courtyard of the house above. This page sets the viewpoints side by side – by direction, time of day and how hard the walk is.
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The terrace with the three arches on the main square – the easiest view into the Sasso Barisano, and the only one that manages without a single step.
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The square in front of the church above the gorge – church, rock cone and Gravina in one frame. Unlike the upper-town terraces, this view sits inside the district.
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The northern viewpoint above the Sasso Barisano: the same view across roofs, courtyards and gorge as at the well-known terraces – only without the groups in front of it.
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Not every view of the gorge has a name and a railing. Along the lower edges of both Sassi the Gravina opens again and again – often at spots that appear in no guidebook.
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At the lower edge of the Sasso Caveoso the city opens towards the gorge. From here the path leads down into the Gravina – and the view across is unobstructed by any row of houses.
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The small square in front of Palazzo Lanfranchi is probably the most photographed point in the city – and with good reason: from here the whole Sasso Caveoso lies in view.
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To see Matera as a whole you have to leave the city. From the opposite slope of the Murgia it lies across the gorge in its full width – it is the view practically every photograph of the city shows.
