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Cultural and Nature Walks - the Rock Churches Park through Matera’s Murgia, the   location for Golgotha in Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion of the Christ”.

 

Easy walk in the Rock Churches Park: a short trip through Matera’s Murgia to discover the gems of rupestrian civilisation and its botanical and wildlife heritage. Visit to a Neolithic village dating from the 7th millennium BC, Iazzo Gattini (ancient sheep pen set up as visitors centre), the rupestrian sanctuary of Madonna delle Tre Porte, the location for Golgotha in Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion of the Christ”, and the Palomba Sanctuary, with ancient frescoes.