Matera, a city of the Italian province Potenza, situated 37 miles N.W. of Taranto. Pop. 15,700. Here is the cathedral of the archbishopric of Acerenza and Matera. There are numerous caverns and stone-quarries in the vicinity.
Matera
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 90
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