Cultural Sites Included in the Pass

The largest rock-hewn church in Matera, where history and spirituality carved into the rock are moving.

Two rock churches, a monastery, cave houses and cellars, all carved into the limestone rock of the Sassi di Matera, now also home to contemporary art exhibitions.

Matherarium: an immersive journey through the Sassi of Matera, discovering its caves and history.

MOOM: ancient rock oil mill in the Sassi of Matera, now the Oil Museum.

Bread Museum: the history and tradition of Matera's bread in the heart of the Sassi di Matera.

Bread Museum: history, tradition, and peasant culture in the heart of Matera.

Stories in Stone: a child-friendly journey through time.

"Two Visions of the Mediterranean" — Salvador Dalí Sassi Foundation, Via San Giovanni Vecchio 7 — until October 29, 2026 At the Sassi Foundation in Matera, in the underground passages carved into the living rock of Sasso Barisano, "Two Visions of the Mediterranean" is on display: an exhibition project promoted by Lart Universe that connects two distinct paths yet sharing the same cultural roots. Exibart The first section, "The Surreal Wind of the Mediterranean," is entirely dedicated to Salvador Dalí and curated by Beniamino Levi. The exhibition traces Dalí's relationship with the Mediterranean landscape, understood not as a backdrop but as a generative element of his imagination: places like Cadaqués and Port Lligat emerge as symbolic matrices, where light, wind, and natural morphology contribute to the construction of a visual universe suspended between reality and vision. Exibart The works on display include Space Venus, a surrealist reinterpretation of the Venus de Milo, and The Laurels of Happiness (1974), part of the After 50 cycle, in which the Mediterranean landscape intertwines with the artist's biography and his relationship with Gala. These are accompanied by photographs by Robert Descharnes documenting Dalí's connection to the places where he trained. Exibart The exhibition draws a parallel with Matera, identifying an affinity between the marine Mediterranean and the "terrestrial" one represented by the Sassi. Two extreme landscapes—the Catalan coasts and the Lucanian ravines—share the same cutting light, the same tension between the ancient and the visionary. Exibart A rare encounter: the work of one of the most iconic artists of the twentieth century housed in one of the most evocative cave sites in the world. Hours: 10:00–18:00 Closed Tuesdays. Where: Sassi Foundation, Via San Giovanni Vecchio 7, Sasso Barisano Until: October 20, 2026

A moving journey through the history of the Sassi of Matera and the people who lived there.

TAM: Contemporary art in the Sassi of Matera, exhibitions by local and international artists.

The Neighborhood at Pozzo: an immersive museum in the Sassi of Matera on peasant life in the 1950s.