Piazza San Francesco
Piazza San Francesco is a square in Matera, Basilicata. Piazza San Francesco is situated nearby to National Museum of Matera, as well as near Sassi di Matera.- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Description: urban square in Matera, Italy
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sassi di Matera and San Francesco d’Assisi (Matera).
Sassi di Matera
Photo: Marcok, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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 230 metres northeast of Piazza San Francesco.
San Francesco d’Assisi (Matera)
Church
Photo: Luca Aless, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Francesco d’Assisi (Matera) is a church.
National Museum of Matera
Museum
Photo: Mngon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
National Museum of Matera is situated 140 metres south of Piazza San Francesco.
Piazza San Francesco
- Category: square
- Location: Matera, Province of Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.66514° or 40° 39′ 55″ northLongitude
16.60918° or 16° 36′ 33″ eastElevation
392 metres (1,286 feet)Open location code
8FGRMJ85+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 242946716OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
10629169Wikidata ID
Q131178830
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In Other Languages
From German to Italian—“Piazza San Francesco” goes by many names.
- German: “San Francesco d’Assizi platz (Matera)”
- Italian: “Piazza San Francesco (MT)”
- Italian: “piazza San Francesco d’Assisi (Matera)”
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