The Museo Polo is located in the Convento di Sant'Agostino in Matera
Address
Recinto II D'Addozio, 15
75100 Matera
Phone / Fax
P +39 0835 256211
F +39 0835 2562233
pm-bas@beniculturali.it
mbac-pm-bas@mailcert.beniculturali.it
How to get here
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By bus
New low-cost extra-urban bus service FLIXBUS
New links ITALOBUS are active with the city of Matera with destination Salerno Central Station, particularly Taranto.
Marino motorways connect Matera to Milan, Ancona, Bologna, Chianciano, Fiuggi, Naples, Novara, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Sassuolo and Urbino, as well as numerous foreign cities.
The Marozzi and Liscio buses connect the city to Rome, Florence, Pisa and Siena.
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By train
Train stations served by Trenitalia closer to Matera are those of Bari and Ferrandina.
From Bari you can reach the town of Sassi on the trains or buses of the FAL, while from Ferrandina you can reach Matera only by bus.Alternatively, you can book a bus / train combination directly on the Trenitalia or Italotreno site
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By plane
Bari Palese Airport is approximately 30 minutes drive by car. From the airport you can take the Pugliairbus, the land transport service that connects the airports of Brindisi, Foggia and Bari, Taranto and the city of Matera.
Alternatively, you can rent a car or a NCC service at Airport
head office
HISTORY
The complex is made up of the monastery built by the Monks of the Order of the Emerituss of Sant’Agostino, built in 1592 and by the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, built in 1594. The first was founded on an ancient hypogeum dedicated to San Guglielmo da Vercelli . Destroyed in 1734 by a terrible earthquake, the complex was restored and later became the seat of the General Chapter of the Order of the Augustinians. The convent was then abolished.
Between the church and the convent, the bell tower is raised.
Today it is the seat of the Museal Polo of Basilicata