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Out of Misery, in Luxury. How Did Italy Become "the Ruin" of the Most Spectacular Destination in the World

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Sassi di Matera, from the south of the country, is considered the most impressive broken city in the world, according to the British press. For centuries, entire families lived in caves dug directly in the rock, in the heart of the Basilicata region. In the 1950s, poverty and lack of sanitary conditions forced the inhabitants to leave, and the city was then called "the national shame of Italy. UNESCO recognition since 1993 changed its destiny co…
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Sassi di Matera, from the south of the country, is considered the most impressive broken city in the world, according to the British press. For centuries, entire families lived in caves dug directly in the rock, in the heart of the Basilicata region. In the 1950s, poverty and lack of sanitary conditions forced the inhabitants to leave, and the city was then called "the national shame of Italy. UNESCO recognition since 1993 changed its destiny co…

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Mediafax broke the news on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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