Our Guided Tour of the Sasso Barisano and Underground Matera starts from Piazzetta Pascoli with the urban/archaeological and anthropological introduction to the history of Matera. Crossing the historic centre called 'Il Piano' you will reach Piazza Vittorio Veneto where the nineteenth-century “Ferdinandea” fountain stands. It was commissioned by the King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinando II, along with the beautiful balcony overlooking the Sasso Barisano area and Civita Hill. The tour continues with visiting of the rock-hewn church of Santo Spirito beneath the square, and, afterwards, a huge hypogeum that reveals the underground part of Matera - also called 'a city beneath the city'. Reaching the heart of the Sasso Barisano – which used to be the bourgeois neighbourhood of the ancient city – the tour continues with a visit of a typically furnished cave-house, proof of how the poor inhabitants of Matera had lived until the mid-fifties, before 1953 De Gasperi's Restoration act entered in force. Going back towards the historical centre, the tour ends with a presentation and tasting of traditional regional products.