Defensive refuges, villages carved out of the rock, semi-subterranean cities adapted ... where the stone walls hug the white facades, and on Calle Cuevas de la Sombra, a street almost entirely ...

The city in question is Matera, a UNESCO-listed gem carved into the rock of Basilicata in southern ... drawing in visitors from around the world. According to The Thinking Traveller, the site ...