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In today's New Zealand Herald travel section, Guy Needham heads to Matera — Europe's oldest inhabited settlement, once branded "the shame of Italy" for the poverty that festered in its cave dwellings, now drawing crowds for a very different reason: a recent turn as a James Bond filming location.
From a hotel manager who personalises a tear-off map because Google Maps can't cope with the maze of streets, to a 500-year-old cistern that once held 5 million litres of water, there's a lot more to Matera than 007's car chase. You can pick up a copy of the New Zealand Herald today.
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