January 30, 2009

Photo of the day: "Grotte di Matera," by "valentura"

Grotte di Matera, by valentura

Today's photo of the day is entitled "Grotte di Matera," and is by a Flickr member who just goes by "valentura" there. This is a shot from the ancient city of Grottole (as it's known in English), in the Matera region of far southern Italy; unbelievably enough (or at least according to Wikipedia, anyway), the caves you see lit up here date all the way back to prehistoric times, some of the oldest evidence of human existence we have, with the Greeks then finally establishing a "modern" city here somewhere around 1200 BC, one that's been around in one form or another ever since.

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Filed by Jason Pettus at 7:53 AM, January 30, 2009. Filed under: Photography | Profiles |