Name: Rock Church of San Nicola at the Murgia dell'Amendola
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Location: Matera, Basilicata, Italy

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Diego Assini - (Bike-Matter)

December 23, 2023

In the Belvedere di Murgia Timone area, one of the first rock churches you come across as you climb towards the top of the rock park.

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Viaggiatore Lento

October 4, 2024

Inserted in the complex agro-pastoral rock village of Tre Ponti, the church was erroneously known until recently, with the name of San Pietro in Principibus.

The plan is square with four central pillars and three apses. The façade has collapsed but you can admire the accurate workmanship of the arches, apses and pillars. In the rear room, excavated after the church was abandoned, there are graffiti depicting various figures including doves, quadrupeds and a soldier.

To the left of the church, a stone enclosure protects an ancient rock apiary mentioned in two documents from 1536 and 1537 in which the area in question is mentioned: “un apiculare situ in gravina Sancti Elia, iuxta loco dicti Iacobi, et iuxta Ecclesiam di S.Elia ab alio latere” (apiary located in the ravine of Sant’Elia, near the cave of said Iacobo, and near the church of Sant’Elia on the other side).

The church of Sant’Elia referred to is in fact located in the caves opposite, beyond the uphill road. Beyond the arched entrance to the church are two arcosolium tombs and various graffito crosses are engraved on the walls. The environment has been extensively remodeled, having inside it a manger and a ceiling drain.

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Location: Matera, Basilicata, Italy

Rock Church of San Nicola at the Murgia dell'Amendola

1. La Palomba Sculpture Park loop from Matera

2. Historic Center of Matera – View of the Sassi di Matera loop from Trasano

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