The story
Story · Cattedrale della Madonna della Bruna e di Sant'Eustachio
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You're standing at Matera Cathedral, the most important church in town. It sits on the highest point, on the ridge between the two Sassi, the old districts that cling to the slopes. That's no accident. The builders wanted this church to tower over everything, the houses and the valleys below. To pull that off, they first had to raise the rocky ground by more than six metres.
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