The living nativity scene in the Sassi of Matera

The city of Matera

Matera it is one of the most fascinating and oldest cities in the world.

E’ the city ​​of stones for excellence: it is a large rock settlement that was excavated in the Sasso Caveoso It is in the Sasso Barisano.

The caves that have been carved out of the rock are a spectacular landscape that, from the 1993, has been recognized by theUnesco come World Heritage.

Moreover, Matera, from the 2019 it has also been called European Capital of Culture.

The Living Nativity in Matera

The Living Nativity represented in the Sassi of Matera is the most popular festival: an unforgettable sight!

This beautiful event held in a place as special as the Sassi is truly unique in the world. Moreover, played in the millennial city, it is truly very representative because it recalls the original territory of Giuseppe, Mary and Jesus. Everything remembers it: both the landscape and the settlement in the rock are a remarkable similarity of the time.

Indeed, at Christmas, Matera represents the Jerusalem of Italy.

The title of the Living Nativity is “All in that instant” with the participation of actors who create scenes from the daily life of Judea two thousand years ago. E’ played in eight scenes (the Annunciation, the market, the Sanhedrin, the Court of Herod, the Roman camp, the Domus Romana with the rite of marriage, the Shepherds and Peasants and finally the Nativity with the Three Kings) and gives life to an itinerant Sacred Theatrical representation that parades from the district of Sasso Caveoso to that of Sasso Barisano.

Each year provides a different theme always in suggestive locations that will remember the most important moments of the Nativity.

Images that accompany the participants and visitors on an inner journey made of faith and spirituality.

The living Nativity: flagship of Matera

In the years, the Living Nativity in the Sassi, has become the event flagship of the city of Matera. During the Christmas period it attracts thousands of visitors from all over Italy to the city to attend the representation narrated in the Bible.

Conclusions

The Materani recommend taking part in this splendid event that will leave visitors wide open because what they will see is something fantastic that represented in the stones of Matera makes it even more special.

The advice and invitation must be fully accepted because you will not see such a representation anywhere else: it is truly unique in the world!

You absolutely have to be present to tell others about it…and the following year we go back again! Also because every year the performances change so there will always be something new.