San Giovanni Battista, Matera
The Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista is a Roman Catholic church dating to the 13th and 18th centuries, located in Matera in the Italian region of Basilicata, and dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Matera, Italy
- Also known as: “Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista” and “Parrocchia San Giovanni Battista”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sassi di Matera and Museum-workshop of the Peasant Culture.
Sassi di Matera
The Sassi di Matera are two districts of the Italian city of Matera, Basilicata, well-known for their ancient cave dwellings inhabited since the Paleolithic period. Sassi di Matera is situated 360 metres southeast of San Giovanni Battista, Matera.Museum-workshop of the Peasant Culture
Museum
The Museum-workshop of the Peasant Culture is an ethno-anthropological museum in Matera, situated in the ancient Sassi district. It was founded by Donato Cascione and is managed by the homonym cultural association. Museum-workshop of the Peasant Culture is situated 160 metres east of San Giovanni Battista, Matera.
San Giovanni Battista, Matera
- Categories: building, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Matera, Province of Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.66777° or 40° 40′ 4″ north
Longitude
16.60794° or 16° 36′ 29″ east
Elevation
393 metres (1,289 feet)
Inception
1233
Roof shape
gabled
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FGRMJ95+45
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“San Giovanni Battista, Matera” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste”
- French: “Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Matera”
- French: “église Saint-Jean-Baptiste”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Yohanes Pembaptis, Matera”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Giovanni Battista”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista”
- Italian: “chiesa parrocchiale di San Giovanni”
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