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the features of Aglianico wine from Vulture , the fertile volcanic ground , together with the rigid climate , make this wine full-bodied and stronger than the one produced in nearby Campania . Then we got to visit the vineyard , where I couldn ’ t help riding through the rows .
Monticchio lakes , surrounded by dense vegetation , soothed the heat looming up through the region . We left this little cool paradise six hundred metres high and went down the twisting SP90 road , while green slightly faded into the yellow arid plane of the Bradano river , large and drained by the dry weather .
We travelled on the speedy and monotonous SS655 surrounded by clay hills covered by dried out stubble , waiting to be burnt by the farmers .
As Lucifer blew his hot breath upon us , we ran quite close to the border with Puglia , and glimpsed at the Murge , the bare calcareous plateau hollowed by thousands of caves . Matera , our destination for the day , is the most famous and emblematic in this world made of hollow rocks . UNESCO declared Matera a World Heritage site in 1993 , but it became globally famous ten years later , when “ The passion of Christ ” was produced . The film , by Mel Gibson , showed the world
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