14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Stairway in Matera, Italy
Matera is a far southern Italian city that may have been inhabited as far back as 3 BCE. A canyon carved by the Gravina River left behind grottoes which were fashioned into homes, now uninhabited. The pathways meander precipitously into and out of then town.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 09.2015 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2016 |
Photo Location: | Matera, Italy |
Copyright: | © Gene Costanza |