800 years of history
The exceptionality and uniqueness of Matera is constituted by the "Sassi" district, a World Heritage Site according to UNESCO since 1993.
It is a heritage considered an expression of an ancient life from the protohistoric civilizations of the Bronze Age to the monastic communities, up to to the metropolitan marginality where one of the most impressive epics of the southern peasant enslaved to the large estates of this land was concentrated and consumed. Sextantio is a cultural project of conservative recovery of 18 caves, some of exceptional size, and of a common space in an ancient rock church. The whole complex is located in the oldest part of the Sassi, the Civita, overlooking the Gravina stream, facing the dramatic scenery of the Murgia Park and its rock churches.
Sextantio offers the possibility of creating events in unique environments, where all the signs of past life are still clearly visible, from the stone and terracotta floors, to the traces of the sedimentation of time on the thick stone walls, to the hand-woven blankets.
This unique project, the tranquility and the intact natural setting of the Sassi di Matera area, have already been chosen by numerous couples as the location for their wedding.
Silver Crown
Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita was awarded the Silver Crown under the supervision of Residenze d'Epoca's Certification Commission, passing the 20 annual Quality Checks required by the Certification Protocol.
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Contacts
- Address
- Via Civita, 28
75100 Matera - Phone
- Show the number
- Opening period
- Tutto l'anno
Quality Mark
Sextantio Le Grotte della Civita is regularly registered in the Italian Register of Historic Houses of Excellence.
Learn moreServices
Activities
- Cooking classes
- Tastings
- Hot-air balloon
Facilities
- Preparation for ceremony
- Internal churchDeconsecrated church for symbolic weddings
- Car parking
Events
- External capacity: 6060
- Internal capacity: 2525
Technical equipment
- Sound system
- Flip chart
- Microphones
- Projector display
- Video projector
General services
- Wi-fi internet connection
- Civil ceremony
- Print service
Hospitality and accommodation
- Rooms: 18
Restaurant and food services
- Bar
- Internal catering
- Personalized menu
Map and surroundings
Nearby historic houses within 50 km
Places of interest 9 within 60 km
- Matera0 km
- Altamura19 km
- Cassano delle Murge28 km
- Alta Murgia38 km
- Bitonto49 km
- Alberobello54 km
- Bari55 km
- Taranto57 km
- Molfetta59 km
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