In this edition
No dispatches in today's edition.
Geography & climate
Continental in the mountains, Mediterranean on the coasts.
Mountains and badlands between two seas; the Sassi of Matera, the Val d'Agri oilfields.
Economy & culture
Oil and gas (Italy's largest onshore field), agriculture, the Matera tourism boom, automotive.
Matera, once 'the shame of Italy', now a film set and capital of culture; a sparse, ancient South.
Recent headlines from this bureau
- Matera's Reinvention as a Global Heritage Story
- Italy's Onshore Oil and the Energy-Transition Debate Abroad
- Hollywood and the World's Cameras Discover the Sassi