MATERA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• BASILICATA

Basilicata, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• POTENZA (anc. Potentia)

Potenza, from which it is 68 m . E. by road (13 M . S. of the station of See also:

• ALTAMURA

Altamura), 1312 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Pop . (1901), 17,801 . See also:

• PART

Part of it is built on a level See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau and part in deep valleys adjoining, the tops of the campaniles of the See also:

• LOWER

lower portions being on a level with the streets of the upper . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• BUILDING

building is the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of the archbishopric of See also:

• ACERENZA (anc. Aceruntia)

Acerenza and Matera, formed in 1203 by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the two bishoprics, dating respectively from 300 and 398 . The western See also:

• FACADE

facade of the cathedral is See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, while the utmost richness of decoration is lavished on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south front which faces the piazza . Almost in the centre of this south facade is an exquisitely sculptured window, from which letters from the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople used to be read . The campanile is 175 ft. high . In the vicinity are the troglodyte caverns of See also:

• MONTE

Monte Scaglioso, still inhabited by some of the lower classes, and other caves with 13th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century frescoes . See also:

• NEOLITHIC, or LATER STONE AGE (Gr. vEOr, new, and XLOos, stone)

Neolithic pottery has been found here, but the origin of the See also:

• TOWN

town is uncertain .

Under the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans Matera was a countship for See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• BRAS

Bras de Fer and his successors . It was the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town of the Basilicata from 1664 till 1811, when the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French transferred the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration to Potenza .