Time should tick slowly in a city like Matera. Claimed as the third-oldest continually inhabited settlement in the world (after Aleppo and Jericho), the southern Italian city has been home to someone ...

If you’re in need of proof that stories of renewal and hope still exist, then book a trip to Matera – an ancient southern Italian town that’s gone from decrepit squalor to Europe’s 2019 capital of ...

A view of the Sassi di Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993. Paul Jebara It’s hard to believe that a little more than 50 years ago, Matera was the “shame of Italy,” its cave-dwelling ...

Matera is the world’s third-longest continuously inhabited human settlement and the 2019 European Capital of Culture. The city is known for its winding sassi, caves and grottoes carved out of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning writer/podcaster, I've been to 100+ countries. Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, has been ...