by GuidaMatera | Dec 16 2016 | News
My childhood memories have faded by now. But in my heart the emotion is still alive. That use to be a big event in the Event: the magical atmosphere of Christmas sublimated from the Living Nativity in the Sassi. That returned to relive at least for one day. In the...
by GuidaMatera | Sep 20 2016 | News
Vincenzo Luisi was just 16 years old. He was a lively and enterprising boy. Perhaps “too much” for his young age. He was employed by the prefecture and in the afternoon of September 21, 1943 was at his workplace when he heard repeated gunshots coming from...
by GuidaMatera | Mar 22 2016 | News
There must be an invisible thread that connects Matera to Munich of Bavaria. And the guides of the two cities. Do you remember the story of Anita Bestler, known three years ago on vacation with my family in Sicily? We wanted to visit Palermo, a quick search on the Net...
by GuidaMatera | Oct 8 2015 | News
Among the many I welcome every day in Matera, this guest is the most special of all. And above all unexpected. A month ago, in fact, I get from a certain Melanie a request by email for an half a day guided tour in English for five people. Among them – she says...
by GuidaMatera | Apr 14 2014 | News
In the beginning was … Pasolini. Who, settling in Matera his movie Gospel according to Matthew, brought the city to national attention, showing the exceptional beauty while lambasting the pitiful state of disrepair and neglect. The Sassi as ancient Jerusalem and...
by GuidaMatera | Apr 1 2014 | News
Of the many visitors who every day arrive to Matera from all over the world, Americans are among the most numerous. And even those who are more enchanted by the wonders of this great city and its territory. If you heard and you saw how enthusiastically cast their...
