La Dimora Di Metello Matera

Welcome to La Dimora di Metello, in the heart of the Sassi of Matera, an enchanting place part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993 and the first site in the South of Italy.

Through this site you can get to know La Dimora, book your visit, discover Matera; which was also elected as the European Capital of Culture for 2019 and plan your stay for a beautiful holiday in Matera and the most fascinating places in the Basilicata and Puglia regions.

La Dimora di Metello is situated in the Sassi of Matera, in particular in the heart of the Sasso Barisano of Matera and is in proximity of the historic Via Fiorentini.

It takes its name from the Torre Metellana (Metellana Tower) that made part of the city limits of the historic neighbourhoods of Matera, that border the central hill in the Sassi called Civita.

The legend attributes the construction of the tower to the Roman consul, Quinto Cecilio Metello Numicidio, who would have died in Matera leaving his name to the city: Metheola.

The tower was built in the 11th century at their own expense by a brave Roman captain victorious over Saracen troops, after which he took permanent residence in the city of Matera.

Featuring a fitted terrace with a panoramic view of the Sasso Barisano, which can be accessed by all 4 of the rooms, La Dimora di Metello gives outdoor moments of relaxation, to fully enjoy the magic atmosphere that surrounds the place.

The skilled and experienced professionals worked hard to restore the cave-houses and have managed to make the public rooms and four suites of the Dimora di Metello comfortable and elegant, a place where Elizabeth, Nico and Agata, managers and “neighbors”, will welcome you with joy to make your stay in the city of the Sassi unforgettable.

The intention of the design was aimed at defining a place capable of interacting with the surrounding environment and tradition but at the same time be able to surprise, showing you a new, elegant and rigorous beauty leaving you to rediscover the elements of tradition.

METELLA SUITE
It is without doubt the suite that represents the entire of Dimora with an grandness of 44 mq. Spacious and luminous with the characteristic of having pieces of bathroom design that become one with the decor of the entire large room.

The predominant color of the tuff (another type of rock) is supported by the tones of the furnishings made of light oak and the neutral tones of the fabrics. From the balcony you can access the ample terrace and enjoy an enchanting panoramic view. There is a matrimonial bed and an expansive sofa-bed for two.

AGATA TRIPLE ROOM
A room of 29 mq it could seem the smallest of the 4 rooms at Dimora but it is certainly the most welcoming and distinctive because of the stairway made of iron and wood that makes the entrance to the bathroom into a loft.

Here, the equilibrium between lightness and modernity resulted in an attention to detail that led to a new imagery and a new aesthetic that you is permanently tied to tradition. Organised with one matrimonial bed and one single bed.

NUMISIA DUBLE ROOM
27 mq, a room characterised by one part excavated in the rock and the other in tuff, (another type of rock), resembling all the layers of the past merged together with a certain air of Matera which you can’t miss out on or forget.

Elegant and discreet furnishings, allowing for a neutral and straight forward imagery. It has a matrimonial bed and a comfortable sofa-bed to host up to 4 adults.

DOMUS SPA
The cosy and luxury setting of the DOMUS SPA, carved into the stone embodies the magical charm of the old Sassi. It’s the perfect location to find calmness and harmony for both mind and body.

Here you can relax in the Bio Sauna, a combination of the Turkish Bath and the classic Finnish Steam Room, a natural remedy for those who cannot endure high temperatures and elevated moisture.

The Bio Sauna helps benefit the circulatory system and is especially recommended for sufferers of water retention problems. We await the pleasure of welcoming you to our wellness centre the DOMUS SPA of “La Dimora di Metello”, allow us to restore your balance.

MATERA
Matera is the city of the Sassi, proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993 and recognised on the 17th of October 2014 as the European Capital of Culture for the year 2019.

Matera is a city with an ancient history showing how man has continuously gone through the many millennia starting from the Stone Age, following through to the Metal age, the early development of Christianity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque and the eighteenth century and finishing with the united Italy we see today.

In the course of this long story, Matera has has undergone profound changes while maintaining its environmental and rocky aspects of a place set in a spectacular landscape that tells of the deep bond between man and nature.

The Sassi is part of a unique landscape built by the Walloons, (people who spoke a French dialect and lived in southern and eastern Belgium), canyons and plateaus sculpted over time by the Gravina cascade, mostly falling today in the Natural Archaeological Park of the Rock Churches of Matera.

Matera is a place that fascinates and involves its visitors in its uniqueness, a place defined magical for its ability to surprise and offer sensations that you can’t forget.

It is the capital of the rock churches in the Mediterranean for the way that the stories of nature and mankind are etched and carved into the rock, a rare example in the world, where it is possible to gather the testimonials from a ‘Rupestri’ (rock) civilisation.

In 1993 UNESCO made the Sassi of Matera and the Murgia Materana Park a World Heritage Site, the first UNESCO site in the South of Italy.

The Sassi of Matera presents itself as a rare example of urban evolution, that since the primary settlements carved into the rock, has evolved through the ages becoming more complex homes, rock churches, underground systems and above ground systems all superimposed to form a large nativity scene in the natural environment of the canyon formed by the Gravina of Matera.

The Sassi of Matera has built a scenery that has also been chosen by the great masters of film, including Pasolini, who chose Matera as the setting for his masterpieces.

In fact, Matera has at its centre a incredible landscape that preserves the grand assets of culture and tradition and is home to exhibitions of great national and international prestige.

It is a city with a fascinating and complex story: a city of borders, contrasts, competition and fusion between landscapes, civilisation, culture and diversity.

From rock civilisation in the prehistoric age to the early Middle Ages with the advent of the Byzantine and Eastern culture matrix, which was followed by the Normans, and then the systematic attempt to conform the rock city to the rules of the culture of European cities: Romanesque, Renaissance, the Baroque.

The last eight centuries of construction and finishing touches of the Sassi has tried to shape, win the natural strengths of the existing rock habitats, determining architecture and a very original urban accommodation.

On the basis of this historical story, Matera offers its visitors the fascinating sensation to discover, through the original thread of the true culture, of the true emotions, the trails, at times seemingly humble at others educated, of that competition that has long characterised the succession of historical events.

Rooms: 5

Price: from 117 EUR per night

Source: www.ladimoradimetello.com