The Unusual City Excavated in the Rock that Has Been Inhabited for 7,000 Years without Heating or Air Conditioning

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Italy has built great works of modern engineering, but it is impossible not to marvel at ancient architecture. For example, it has a city where the houses are excavated in the rock and have been inhabited millennia: Matera. The peculiar thing is that thanks to that idea the thermal conditions are stable throughout the year: without the need for air conditioning or heating. In fact, it is one of the oldest human settlements. Matera is in the regi…