What is Matera?
{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Matera | official_name = Comune di Matera | native_name = | image_skyline = Cittadimatera1.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Panorama of Matera | image_shield = Matera-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = Map of comune of Matera (province of Matera, region Basilicata, Italy).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Matera within the Province of Matera | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|40|40|N|16|36|E|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Basilicata]] | province = [[Province of Matera|Matera]] (MT) | frazioni = La Martella, Venusio, Picciano A, Picciano B | mayor_party = | mayor = Raffaello De Ruggieri | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 387.4 | population_footnotes = <ref>Population data from [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]]</ref> | population_total = 60023 | population_as_of = September 2012 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Materani | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 401 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = Madonna della Bruna | day = 2 July | postal_code = 75100 | area_code = 0835 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.matera.it}} | footnotes = }} {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | WHS = The [[Sassi di Matera|Sassi]] and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera | Image = Matera - veduta della Civita da S. Maria di Idris.JPG | Caption = The Sassi of Matera | Criteria = Cultural: iii, iv, v | ID = 670 | Year = 1993 | Area = 1,016 ha | Buffer_zone = 4,365 ha }} '''Matera''' is a [[city]] in the [[area]] of [[Basilicata]], in the southern part of [[Italy]]. It is the [[capital (city)|capital]] of the [[province of