Restoring Matera, Italy’s City of Stone
WSJ Mansion section House hunters move in to revive the city’s old quarter, one rugged limestone home at a time A view of Civita, the oldest of the three districts, along with the Sasso Barisano and the Sasso Caveoso, that make up Matera’s ancient quarter, known as the Sassi, or ‘stones,’ in Italian. The homes …