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Visit Cripta del Peccato Originale (Crypt of the Original Sin), Matera, Italy
Cave church with frescoes painted in the 8th & 9th centuries depicting biblical scenes & angels. Due to its cycle of frescoes it is defined as the "Sistine Chapel of rock art". The origin of the church, dug into the rock along the wall of the Gravina di Picciano in Matera, is placed in the period between the 8th and 9th century: probably the monastery belonged to the Benedictine order.
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