Everything at Corte San Pietro harks back to its history.

In the heart of the ancient Sassi Districts, a UNESCO world heritage site, a few abandoned cave-homes and dilapidated structures dating back to 1600 were renovated and restructured to welcome the new spaces of an integrated hotel known as “Borgo Albergo Diffuso” This was how Corte San Pietro was created… by history and by the passion of Fernando and Marisa, assisted by Daniela Amoroso, an architect from Matera.

All later editions, contaminations and layers of more recent floorings were eliminated to reveal the historic structure. Comparisons were made with the architectural evidence and a narrative was created. . This search for the authentic essence of the pure space, stripped of anything superfluous, was inspired by the works of Axel Vervoordt and his Wabi spirit.

The entire hotel spreads horizontally around courtyards overlooked by the rooms, the reception and the breakfast room, whereas other rooms overlook the cobbled streets next to the central body. This enables guests to experience what it’s like to live in this unique neighbourhood, in the typical, secluded, ancient system of Matera.