无论是战争、瘟疫抑或地震,天灾人祸都没能影响到马泰拉洞穴居民的生存,以至于到了后来,外界已将这里遗忘,马泰拉成了意大利的“睡美人”。1993年,拥有3000多个可居住的洞穴和150多座石头教堂的马泰拉被列入《世界文化遗产名录》,“意大利的耻辱”就这样摇身一变,成了“意大利的骄傲”。站在观景台上,眼前是史诗般的苍凉壮丽,身后又是现代化的热闹繁华,古老与现代,在马泰拉竟然只有一步之遥。 Either war, plague or earthquakes, natural or man-made disasters did not affect the survival of the inhabitants of the Moutai cave, so that later, the outside world has forgotten here, and Matera became Italy’s Sleeping Beauty. In 1993, Matera, home to more than 3,000 habitable caves and more than 150 stone churches, was listed in the World Heritage List and the “stigma of Italy” was transformed into a “pride of Italy” ". Standing on the viewing platform, in front of epic bleak magnificent, behind the bustling modern, ancient and modern, even in Matera only one step away.