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Palombaro Lungo

Palombaro Lungo

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Palombaro Lungo

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Location: Matera, Basilicata, Italy

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Pauli

January 22, 2022

In one of Matera's main squares, Piazza Vittorio Veneto, on the outskirts of the Sassi district (the heart of the impressive old town) is the entrance to the "Palombaro lungo", the largest underground water reservoir in the ancient city - an impressive large cistern. The entrance is in the middle of the large V. Veneto square, in a lower area that can be reached by stairs from the square. In addition, this area leads to excellent views of the Sasso Barisano as well as other large parts of the impressive old town of Matera, with the mighty Cathedral towering above it all. Fascinating alleys with stairs lead down to the old town of Sasso Barisano.

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Andi

May 26, 2022

One of the main features that contributed to the Sassi di Matera becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site was the city's complex water system, which included numerous underground cisterns of various sizes, connected like the roots of a large tree and extending under all the Sassi . The largest of these cisterns, located under the central Piazza Vittorio Veneto, is called the Palombaro Lungo. In the past it served as a source of water supply for all the buildings located in the area known as “al piano”, inhabited by middle-class families, just outside the proletarian Sassi. The cistern, which collected rain and spring water from some of the surrounding hills, has tufa walls covered with a special waterproof plaster, is about 15 meters high and can hold about 5 million liters of water.
Source: welcometoitalia.com/en/top10-matera/the-palombaro-lungo-cathedral-of-water

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