This is looking up at a church, it looks like a stone-- mostly because it is carved out of a mountain.

 A different shot of the church carved out of the mountain.

 And the last shot of the mountain church-- it all concealed so as to go unnoticed from the enemy.

 Matera is called the city of many stairs.

 It is unusual to find a church WITHOUT a dragon, they all seem to have one somewhere.

 Another wonder we see often, large trees growing out of little to NO ground!

 This is in the ancient part of Matera, this part is as old and older than Jerusalem and has been used as the back drop for many Christian movies about the life of Christ, including the Passion.