Place:Matera, Basilicata, Italy

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NameMatera
Alt namesProvince of Matera
Materasource: Wikipedia
Matera provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Provincia di Materasource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates40.5°N 16.417°E
Located inBasilicata, Italy
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Accettura
Aliano
Bernalda
Calciano
Cirigliano
Colobraro
Craco
Ferrandina
Garaguso
Gorgoglione
Grassano
Grottole
Irsina
La Martélla
Lido di Metaponto
Matera
Metaponto
Miglionico
Montalbano Ionico
Montescaglioso
Nova Siri
Oliveto Lucano
Pisticci
Policoro
Pomarico
Rotondella
Salandra
San Giorgio Lucano
San Mauro Forte
Stigliano
Tricarico
Tursi
Valsinni
Unknown
Alianello
Montepeloso
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The province of Matera (; Materano: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Matera. It has an area of and a total population of 201,133; the city Matera has a population of 61,204. There are 31 comunes (Italian: comuni) in the province (see Comunes of the Province of Matera). The province of Matera is bordered by the province of Potenza in the west and south, the region of Calabria also to the south, the region of Apulia to the east and north, and by the Ionian Sea to the southeast.

The history of settlement in the region dates back to the Palaeolithic Period and the first instance of organised settlement was in 251 BCE, when Roman Republic consul Lucius Caecilius Metellus founded the town as Matera.[1] Matera was sacked multiple times; initially by the Franks, then by Roman Emperor Louis II of Italy, and then by invading Muslims during the 10th century. Following this, the town was owned by the Capetian House of Anjou and the Crown of Aragon and was sold multiple times to successive wealthy families.[1]

Giovanni Carlo Tramontano, Count of Matera was briefly leader of the city but was despised by the residents, who saw him as tyrannical and rebelled against him, murdering Tramontano on 29 December 1514.[1] The city Matera was announced to be the capital of ancient district Lucania (Basilicata) in 1663; this status was removed from the city in 1806 and 1860. Under the Fascist rule of Italy, the title of Matera serving as the capital of Basilicata was restored in 1927.[1] The province is known for its history of "cave dwellings" known as sassi.[1]

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