Ben Miflin Photography - Puglia, Italy

Matera and its Cathedral

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Matera and its Cathedral / Completed in 1270 the building of the Matera Cathedral revealed the layers of civilisation from previous centuries. Many of the houses shown have caves on the inside.

Ancient Caves

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Ancient Caves / St Peter Caveoso. Iin the background are the caves of the Parco della Murgia on the Eastern bank of the Gravina river.

Rock Church of Matera

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Rock Church of Matera / Church of Saint Mary of Idris and San Giovanni in Monterrone, Matera. Two churches built into a rock that communicate with each other through a gallery.

Churches of Saint Mary of Idris and St Peter Caveoso

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Churches of Saint Mary of Idris and St Peter Caveoso / Churches of Saint Mary of Idris and St Peter Caveoso

The Gravina River

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The Gravina River / The river forms the valley which is the basis of Matera where caves were excavated into the limestone banks. Some of these continued to be occupied until the 1950s.

Limestone Caves

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Limestone Caves / Caves built into the limestone in Matera

The Church of St. Agostino (also Madonna delle Grazie)

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The Church of St. Agostino (also Madonna delle Grazie) / The church perched on rocks overlooking the Gravina valley, was originally a monastry founded in 1591.

Church of St Francis of Asssie

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Church of St Francis of Asssie / Church of St Francis of Asssi, Matera.

The Church of St. Agostino (also Madonna delle Grazie)

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The Church of St. Agostino (also Madonna delle Grazie) / The original church was destroyed by an earthquake and this is the rebuilt Baroque style church.

Matera

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Matera / The UNESCO recognised city of Matera is one of the oldest cities in the world with continuous occupation since several millenia BC.

Trulli

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Trulli / Trulli in the UESCO heritage site of Alberobello .

Trulli

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Trulli / The trulli, typical limestone dwellings in the southern region of Puglia, are remarkable examples of corbelled dry-stone construction, a prehistoric building technique still in use in this region.

Trulli of Alberobello

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Trulli of Alberobello / The trulli of Alberobello represent a dry-stone building tradition, several thousand years old, found across the Mediterranean region.

Polignano a Mare,

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Polignano a Mare, / Polignano a Mare is situated just south of Bari with a popular beach between the two sides of a rocky ravine.

Corte Alberolungo

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Corte Alberolungo / Old Bari, courtyard with a statue of Padre Pio. Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, was an Italian priest and saint. Also a location where Bari ladies sit and make Orichetti.

Old Bari

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Old Bari / Street in the old City of Bari with the Cathedral Tower in the background.

Basilica of Saint Nicholas

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Basilica of Saint Nicholas / This asymmetric Church was built to house the relics of Saint Nicholas whch were stolen from Myra in 1067.

Bari Skyline

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Bari Skyline / View across the rooftops of Bari Cathedral and the Church of Saint Theresa of the Males.

Peschici Old Town

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Peschici Old Town / The old town of Peschici from the beach.

Full Moon over Bari

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Full Moon over Bari / Corso Vittoria Emmanuele II with the bust of Nicolas Petrovic, King of Montenegro.