(ANSA) - POTENZA, 02 FEB - Matera si prepara ad accogliere la seconda edizione del "Carnevale a Matera - I colori del ...

My first attempt to explore Matera, one of Italy’s most ancient towns, was an exercise in picturesque frustration. I drove around rocky cliffs and limestone grottos and never found the city center, ...

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 ...

I've visited Italy's Amalfi Coast three times. It's beautiful, but I don't like the crowds or the prices. I prefer other Italian destinations such as Cefalù, a small city in Sicily with great food and ...

IT was early evening in Matera, a city in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, and swallows circled the sky, their melodious calls interrupted only by the clanking of bells worn by cows drinking ...

Fifty years after Italy's Matera was a national embarrassment because of its extreme poverty, the city is rescuing its dignity, baroque palaces and cave churches to become a European Capital of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Italian politics and economy in the global framework. This article is more than 6 years old. Today the European ...