Papers by Aliaksandr Shuba
Shuba, A. Beyond Hannes Meyer’s Bookshelves: the Preserved Private Architectural Library and Inte... more Shuba, A. Beyond Hannes Meyer’s Bookshelves: the Preserved Private Architectural Library and Interpretation of the Soviet Practices from the Stalinist Era. EdA Esempi di Architettura. Issue 1. 2023. ISSN 2035-7982.
The paper was published open access. The link for the EdA digital version of the article is:
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Abstract
In August 1930, following numerous professional experiences influenced by the emerging rational and functionalist approaches towards architecture and urbanism, Swiss architect Hannes Meyer, as the director of the interwar Bauhaus, was unwelcome by local authorities in Dessau. His dismissal was connected to his Marxist and Socialist beliefs that led to his immigration to the Soviet Union. He spent a significant amount of time there between 1930 and 1936, when various tragic events and shifts occurred in Soviet society during that time. His attempts to contribute with his expertise and knowledge during a period of changes in Soviet artistic and architectural policies, directly and indirectly, influenced his perception and interpretation of the Soviet practices, when he travelled and lived abroad. He and his wife, Lena Berger-Meyer, managed to save numerous of their books and materials from the USSR and other countries, some of which were partially transferred to the university archives (Archive der Moderne) of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. His private materials are relevant for complex drafting a profound comprehension of his time abroad, along with professional experiences and contacts, that left a traceable impact on his preserved private archive. Certain materials from before and after his departure from the USSR were preserved in their private collection. They are evidence of his connections and direct/indirect familiarity with the early Soviet architectural discourse of the Stalinist epoch and its promotion and interpretation abroad. This text presents Hannes Meyer's "Russian", "early Soviet" or "Stalinist" private library, which is from the moment when his familiarity and perception of Stalinist architecture and urban planning emerged. This text also focuses on a few distinguished representative books that capture historical developments incorporating the published discourses, and this critical analysis also connects numerous names of the Soviet academics and architects and the available published materials with the architectural and urbanistic books that H. Meyer owned. These provide valuable insight into his private library and its related publications with its historical moment. His preserved collection helps to build a complex and more profound understanding of the professional profile of Hannes Meyer and his Soviet colleagues, and it offers insights into intellectual surroundings and the available professional sources at a specific moment of his professional life.
The most of the images A.Shuba made at the Archiv der Moderne of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany), and their copy right remains with the university archive.
Hannes Meyer's Marxist and Socialist views with sympathies toward Communism
after working as dire... more Hannes Meyer's Marxist and Socialist views with sympathies toward Communism
after working as director of the interwar Bauhaus played a role in his and his few Bauhaus students' migration to the USSR. During the first decade of Stalinism, when the artistic and architectural orientations were changing in Moscow and beyond, architectural practices and cooperation with their Soviet colleagues took place that resulted in numerous contacts and planned projects. Those were before the tragic events during the Stalinist repressions. His time in the USSR was his first exile due to his political views, where the economic crisis emerged in numerous capitalist con- tries, and his second exile was in Mexico during the Second World War. The critical analysis enlightens a few preserved materials from H. Meyer that act as evidence of his familiarity with the early Soviet architectural discourse of the Stalinist epoch, and its promotion and interpretation abroad. This research focuses on H. Meyer's Russian private archive and library, the relationships with his books, and a few fol- lowing published reflections on Stalinist architectural practices. With the architec-
tural contextualisation and biographical references, critical and discourse analysis reflects on the collected books and other private materials from H. Mever and their
connections toward his publications after his work with Soviet colleagues that ap- peared after his creative evolution due to the artistic and architectural changes of the early 1930s. In relation to the architectural practices, his private books in Russian are critically analysed, which his family preserved from the USSR, and his wife trans- ferred to one of the university archives in Weimar. His professional profile with the relevant archival and published materials brings the idea of how the creative evolu- tion of his Soviet colleagues had happened and in what it resulted after his departure from the USSR. His valuable private materials were present and obtained when the emerging Soviet architectural discourse of the 1930s directly affected H. Meyer's perception and interpretation of his Soviet colleagues practices in Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and the USA, while he was living abroad.
Gvozdeva M. and A. Shuba, Hannes Meyer with His Preserved Private and Published Materials during the Emerging and Forming Stalinist Architectural and Urbanistic Discourse, In Architects in Exile: Stories of New Spatial Experiences, 9 Thymos Books, May 2023. pp. 58-59 ISBN 978-88-32072-31-0
В Москве А.В. Бунин развил историю градостроительства как отдельный предмет для советских архитек... more В Москве А.В. Бунин развил историю градостроительства как отдельный предмет для советских архитекторов в середине XX века. У А.В. Бунина было два основных опубликованных труда по истории градостроительного искусства: первый том появился в 1953 году, а второй был написан и опубликован в соавторстве с Т.Ф. Саваренской в 1971 году. В рамках данного исследования советской историографии градостроительства были обнаружены доказательства намерений А.В. Бунина написать третий том, который не был издан. Данная статья посвящена материалам, которые подтверждают работу А.В. Бунина над третьим томом по истории градостроительного искусства.
Between ‘Art’ and ’culture’ of urban planning: The Soviet narrative of urban planning history by A. Bunin and its continuation by his students and colleagues, 2022
Неопубликованный труд А.В. Бунина по советской истории градостроительства 1970-х годов / Unpublished work of A.V. Bunin on the Soviet history of urban planning from the 1970s, 2021
Ключевые слова: А.В. Бунин, третий том, историография, советская история, градостроительство, ис... more Ключевые слова: А.В. Бунин, третий том, историография, советская история, градостроительство, история архитектуры.
Keywords: A.V. Bunin, third volume, historiography, Soviet history, urban planning, history of architecture. Аннотация: В Москве А.В. Бунин развил историю градостроительства как отдельный предмет для советских архитекторов в середине XX века. У А.В. Бунина было два основных опубликованных труда по истории градостроительного искусства: первый том появился в 1953 году, а второй был написан и опубликован в соавторстве с Т.Ф. Саваренской в 1971 году. В рамках данного исследования советской историографии градостроительства были обнаружены доказательства намерений А.В. Бунина написать третий том, который не был издан. Данная статья посвящена материалам, которые подтверждают работу А.В. Бунина над третьим томом по истории градостроительного искусства.
Abstract: In Moscow A. V. Bunin developed the History of Urban Planningas a separate subject for the Soviet architects during the middle of the 20th century. A. V. Bunin had two main published works on the History of Art of Urban Planning. The first book appeared in 1953, while the second volume was co-authored by T. F. Savarenskaya and published in 1971.This article proves the existence of A. V. Bunin’s plans and attempts to write a third volume, which was not published. This paper is a part of my analysis within the research on Soviet historiography of urban planning, under which there were found the evidence of A. V. Bunin’s plans to write the third volume on the Soviet urban planning.
A link for the presentation during the Konitsa Summer School 2014 - http://www.border-crossings.e... more A link for the presentation during the Konitsa Summer School 2014 - http://www.border-crossings.eu/konitsa/2014/item/download/45_a7eb40d8804000186e2b96d672ff8325
Varelaki, F., Shuba, A., V., Chatziaristeridou, M., Dalkavouki, A., Keramidas, S., 2016, “Disappeared Queen and Communist Bandits: the Politics of Hegemonic and Counter- memories in the public space of Konitsa”. In V. Nitsiakos, I. Manos, G. Agelopoulos, A. Angelidou, V. Dalkavoukis (eds), Balkan Border Crossings. Fourth Annual of the Konitsa Summer School, Berlin: LIT. (In press).
Talks by Aliaksandr Shuba
https://ehutimes.com/2016/05/09/это-того-стоит-участник-программ-ст/
This research is based on personal experience and observations made during my visits to the Centr... more This research is based on personal experience and observations made during my visits to the Centre of Cultural Heritage in Nicosia and academic trips around Europe. In particular, the analysed materials were collected in Lithuania, Germany, France and Italy. This paper is dedicated to one of the main medieval architectural elements, that has become influential within the different parts of Europe, Mediterranean region and wider. This element is the oriel window, which is a type of bay window. The research contains a review and analysis of European influences from historical perspectives. The main architectural heritage examples are traced in Germany, France and in a few other countries with their further comparison to Cyprus. This architectonic constituent is known in Cyprus as a closed balcony. It has become a core element of traditional architecture. Functional aspects of the oriel window have greatly varied from its first appearance in the fortifications until Modernity. This research analyses oriel windows from the Medieval time and up to the XX century. A historical architectural evolution developed its appearance.
The separated architectural element is a cultural phenomenon of mankind. Its functions and contents illustrate different undergoing changes in a European context. It was and still is considered from perspectives of new and old perceptions. The main mission of this research is to analyse and compare dates for its future restoration and to research architectural, historical and cultural values of its heritage.
The Centre of Cultural Heritage was organized
Presentation of the internship project "INTRAMUROS... more The Centre of Cultural Heritage was organized
Presentation of the internship project "INTRAMUROS HISTORIC LEFKOSIA: THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE";
2nd of June 2014
http://heritage.org.cy/INTERNSHIPS
urbanHIST Newsletter by Aliaksandr Shuba
A. Shuba, The Historiography of European Urbanism in the 20th Century. A Critical Analysis of Cross-Nationally Oriented Publications in Slavic Languages, urbanHIST Newsletter, Issue 7, 2018. p.9, 2018
Non-Academic Contributions by Aliaksandr Shuba
http://www.gounesco.com/traveler/sasha_shuba/
Matera: Town of cave-houses of Basilicata region i... more http://www.gounesco.com/traveler/sasha_shuba/
Matera: Town of cave-houses of Basilicata region in Italy
Matera is the world-famous historical town of the Sassi in Basilicata region, Italy, where the cave-houses are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as historico-cultural heritage. The town was founded in the ancient time, on the territory of Neolithic settlements. The relationship between the rocks and people were very close. The center of Matera was born on opposite slopes of the river valley that called Gravina di Matera. During Grecia Magna, it was a Greek city of Matera with Civita as the center. Fortified city walls, numerous caves and rocky massifs steel were used for the construction of rural dwellings, it was the origin of Sassi districts in the Roman era. Since then, the neighborhoods were growing with maze of limestone caves-houses increasing in number and the neighborhoods started to be called Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barizano, with the Civita, in between the two neighborhoods. The word " Sasso " means " rock " and the construction of houses in the caves was due to specific climatic conditions and also for protection.
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The paper was published open access. The link for the EdA digital version of the article is:
http://www.esempidiarchitettura.it/sito/journal_pdf/PDF%202023/11.%20EdA_2023_1_Aliaksandr%20Shuba.pdf
Abstract
In August 1930, following numerous professional experiences influenced by the emerging rational and functionalist approaches towards architecture and urbanism, Swiss architect Hannes Meyer, as the director of the interwar Bauhaus, was unwelcome by local authorities in Dessau. His dismissal was connected to his Marxist and Socialist beliefs that led to his immigration to the Soviet Union. He spent a significant amount of time there between 1930 and 1936, when various tragic events and shifts occurred in Soviet society during that time. His attempts to contribute with his expertise and knowledge during a period of changes in Soviet artistic and architectural policies, directly and indirectly, influenced his perception and interpretation of the Soviet practices, when he travelled and lived abroad. He and his wife, Lena Berger-Meyer, managed to save numerous of their books and materials from the USSR and other countries, some of which were partially transferred to the university archives (Archive der Moderne) of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. His private materials are relevant for complex drafting a profound comprehension of his time abroad, along with professional experiences and contacts, that left a traceable impact on his preserved private archive. Certain materials from before and after his departure from the USSR were preserved in their private collection. They are evidence of his connections and direct/indirect familiarity with the early Soviet architectural discourse of the Stalinist epoch and its promotion and interpretation abroad. This text presents Hannes Meyer's "Russian", "early Soviet" or "Stalinist" private library, which is from the moment when his familiarity and perception of Stalinist architecture and urban planning emerged. This text also focuses on a few distinguished representative books that capture historical developments incorporating the published discourses, and this critical analysis also connects numerous names of the Soviet academics and architects and the available published materials with the architectural and urbanistic books that H. Meyer owned. These provide valuable insight into his private library and its related publications with its historical moment. His preserved collection helps to build a complex and more profound understanding of the professional profile of Hannes Meyer and his Soviet colleagues, and it offers insights into intellectual surroundings and the available professional sources at a specific moment of his professional life.
The most of the images A.Shuba made at the Archiv der Moderne of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany), and their copy right remains with the university archive.
after working as director of the interwar Bauhaus played a role in his and his few Bauhaus students' migration to the USSR. During the first decade of Stalinism, when the artistic and architectural orientations were changing in Moscow and beyond, architectural practices and cooperation with their Soviet colleagues took place that resulted in numerous contacts and planned projects. Those were before the tragic events during the Stalinist repressions. His time in the USSR was his first exile due to his political views, where the economic crisis emerged in numerous capitalist con- tries, and his second exile was in Mexico during the Second World War. The critical analysis enlightens a few preserved materials from H. Meyer that act as evidence of his familiarity with the early Soviet architectural discourse of the Stalinist epoch, and its promotion and interpretation abroad. This research focuses on H. Meyer's Russian private archive and library, the relationships with his books, and a few fol- lowing published reflections on Stalinist architectural practices. With the architec-
tural contextualisation and biographical references, critical and discourse analysis reflects on the collected books and other private materials from H. Mever and their
connections toward his publications after his work with Soviet colleagues that ap- peared after his creative evolution due to the artistic and architectural changes of the early 1930s. In relation to the architectural practices, his private books in Russian are critically analysed, which his family preserved from the USSR, and his wife trans- ferred to one of the university archives in Weimar. His professional profile with the relevant archival and published materials brings the idea of how the creative evolu- tion of his Soviet colleagues had happened and in what it resulted after his departure from the USSR. His valuable private materials were present and obtained when the emerging Soviet architectural discourse of the 1930s directly affected H. Meyer's perception and interpretation of his Soviet colleagues practices in Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and the USA, while he was living abroad.
Gvozdeva M. and A. Shuba, Hannes Meyer with His Preserved Private and Published Materials during the Emerging and Forming Stalinist Architectural and Urbanistic Discourse, In Architects in Exile: Stories of New Spatial Experiences, 9 Thymos Books, May 2023. pp. 58-59 ISBN 978-88-32072-31-0
https://www.aracneeditrice.eu/it/pubblicazioni/totalitarian-architecture-and-urban-planning-history-and-legacy-claudia-lamberti-justyna-zdunek-wielgolaska-claudia-lamberti-justyna-zdunek-wielgolaska-maria-rossana-caniglia-elisa-pegorin-federica-deo-luca-lanini--9791221801804.html
Keywords: A.V. Bunin, third volume, historiography, Soviet history, urban planning, history of architecture. Аннотация: В Москве А.В. Бунин развил историю градостроительства как отдельный предмет для советских архитекторов в середине XX века. У А.В. Бунина было два основных опубликованных труда по истории градостроительного искусства: первый том появился в 1953 году, а второй был написан и опубликован в соавторстве с Т.Ф. Саваренской в 1971 году. В рамках данного исследования советской историографии градостроительства были обнаружены доказательства намерений А.В. Бунина написать третий том, который не был издан. Данная статья посвящена материалам, которые подтверждают работу А.В. Бунина над третьим томом по истории градостроительного искусства.
Abstract: In Moscow A. V. Bunin developed the History of Urban Planningas a separate subject for the Soviet architects during the middle of the 20th century. A. V. Bunin had two main published works on the History of Art of Urban Planning. The first book appeared in 1953, while the second volume was co-authored by T. F. Savarenskaya and published in 1971.This article proves the existence of A. V. Bunin’s plans and attempts to write a third volume, which was not published. This paper is a part of my analysis within the research on Soviet historiography of urban planning, under which there were found the evidence of A. V. Bunin’s plans to write the third volume on the Soviet urban planning.
Varelaki, F., Shuba, A., V., Chatziaristeridou, M., Dalkavouki, A., Keramidas, S., 2016, “Disappeared Queen and Communist Bandits: the Politics of Hegemonic and Counter- memories in the public space of Konitsa”. In V. Nitsiakos, I. Manos, G. Agelopoulos, A. Angelidou, V. Dalkavoukis (eds), Balkan Border Crossings. Fourth Annual of the Konitsa Summer School, Berlin: LIT. (In press).
Talks by Aliaksandr Shuba
The separated architectural element is a cultural phenomenon of mankind. Its functions and contents illustrate different undergoing changes in a European context. It was and still is considered from perspectives of new and old perceptions. The main mission of this research is to analyse and compare dates for its future restoration and to research architectural, historical and cultural values of its heritage.
Presentation of the internship project "INTRAMUROS HISTORIC LEFKOSIA: THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE";
2nd of June 2014
http://heritage.org.cy/INTERNSHIPS
urbanHIST Newsletter by Aliaksandr Shuba
Non-Academic Contributions by Aliaksandr Shuba
Matera: Town of cave-houses of Basilicata region in Italy
Matera is the world-famous historical town of the Sassi in Basilicata region, Italy, where the cave-houses are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as historico-cultural heritage. The town was founded in the ancient time, on the territory of Neolithic settlements. The relationship between the rocks and people were very close. The center of Matera was born on opposite slopes of the river valley that called Gravina di Matera. During Grecia Magna, it was a Greek city of Matera with Civita as the center. Fortified city walls, numerous caves and rocky massifs steel were used for the construction of rural dwellings, it was the origin of Sassi districts in the Roman era. Since then, the neighborhoods were growing with maze of limestone caves-houses increasing in number and the neighborhoods started to be called Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barizano, with the Civita, in between the two neighborhoods. The word " Sasso " means " rock " and the construction of houses in the caves was due to specific climatic conditions and also for protection.
Books by Aliaksandr Shuba
The paper was published open access. The link for the EdA digital version of the article is:
http://www.esempidiarchitettura.it/sito/journal_pdf/PDF%202023/11.%20EdA_2023_1_Aliaksandr%20Shuba.pdf
Abstract
In August 1930, following numerous professional experiences influenced by the emerging rational and functionalist approaches towards architecture and urbanism, Swiss architect Hannes Meyer, as the director of the interwar Bauhaus, was unwelcome by local authorities in Dessau. His dismissal was connected to his Marxist and Socialist beliefs that led to his immigration to the Soviet Union. He spent a significant amount of time there between 1930 and 1936, when various tragic events and shifts occurred in Soviet society during that time. His attempts to contribute with his expertise and knowledge during a period of changes in Soviet artistic and architectural policies, directly and indirectly, influenced his perception and interpretation of the Soviet practices, when he travelled and lived abroad. He and his wife, Lena Berger-Meyer, managed to save numerous of their books and materials from the USSR and other countries, some of which were partially transferred to the university archives (Archive der Moderne) of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. His private materials are relevant for complex drafting a profound comprehension of his time abroad, along with professional experiences and contacts, that left a traceable impact on his preserved private archive. Certain materials from before and after his departure from the USSR were preserved in their private collection. They are evidence of his connections and direct/indirect familiarity with the early Soviet architectural discourse of the Stalinist epoch and its promotion and interpretation abroad. This text presents Hannes Meyer's "Russian", "early Soviet" or "Stalinist" private library, which is from the moment when his familiarity and perception of Stalinist architecture and urban planning emerged. This text also focuses on a few distinguished representative books that capture historical developments incorporating the published discourses, and this critical analysis also connects numerous names of the Soviet academics and architects and the available published materials with the architectural and urbanistic books that H. Meyer owned. These provide valuable insight into his private library and its related publications with its historical moment. His preserved collection helps to build a complex and more profound understanding of the professional profile of Hannes Meyer and his Soviet colleagues, and it offers insights into intellectual surroundings and the available professional sources at a specific moment of his professional life.
The most of the images A.Shuba made at the Archiv der Moderne of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Germany), and their copy right remains with the university archive.
after working as director of the interwar Bauhaus played a role in his and his few Bauhaus students' migration to the USSR. During the first decade of Stalinism, when the artistic and architectural orientations were changing in Moscow and beyond, architectural practices and cooperation with their Soviet colleagues took place that resulted in numerous contacts and planned projects. Those were before the tragic events during the Stalinist repressions. His time in the USSR was his first exile due to his political views, where the economic crisis emerged in numerous capitalist con- tries, and his second exile was in Mexico during the Second World War. The critical analysis enlightens a few preserved materials from H. Meyer that act as evidence of his familiarity with the early Soviet architectural discourse of the Stalinist epoch, and its promotion and interpretation abroad. This research focuses on H. Meyer's Russian private archive and library, the relationships with his books, and a few fol- lowing published reflections on Stalinist architectural practices. With the architec-
tural contextualisation and biographical references, critical and discourse analysis reflects on the collected books and other private materials from H. Mever and their
connections toward his publications after his work with Soviet colleagues that ap- peared after his creative evolution due to the artistic and architectural changes of the early 1930s. In relation to the architectural practices, his private books in Russian are critically analysed, which his family preserved from the USSR, and his wife trans- ferred to one of the university archives in Weimar. His professional profile with the relevant archival and published materials brings the idea of how the creative evolu- tion of his Soviet colleagues had happened and in what it resulted after his departure from the USSR. His valuable private materials were present and obtained when the emerging Soviet architectural discourse of the 1930s directly affected H. Meyer's perception and interpretation of his Soviet colleagues practices in Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and the USA, while he was living abroad.
Gvozdeva M. and A. Shuba, Hannes Meyer with His Preserved Private and Published Materials during the Emerging and Forming Stalinist Architectural and Urbanistic Discourse, In Architects in Exile: Stories of New Spatial Experiences, 9 Thymos Books, May 2023. pp. 58-59 ISBN 978-88-32072-31-0
https://www.aracneeditrice.eu/it/pubblicazioni/totalitarian-architecture-and-urban-planning-history-and-legacy-claudia-lamberti-justyna-zdunek-wielgolaska-claudia-lamberti-justyna-zdunek-wielgolaska-maria-rossana-caniglia-elisa-pegorin-federica-deo-luca-lanini--9791221801804.html
Keywords: A.V. Bunin, third volume, historiography, Soviet history, urban planning, history of architecture. Аннотация: В Москве А.В. Бунин развил историю градостроительства как отдельный предмет для советских архитекторов в середине XX века. У А.В. Бунина было два основных опубликованных труда по истории градостроительного искусства: первый том появился в 1953 году, а второй был написан и опубликован в соавторстве с Т.Ф. Саваренской в 1971 году. В рамках данного исследования советской историографии градостроительства были обнаружены доказательства намерений А.В. Бунина написать третий том, который не был издан. Данная статья посвящена материалам, которые подтверждают работу А.В. Бунина над третьим томом по истории градостроительного искусства.
Abstract: In Moscow A. V. Bunin developed the History of Urban Planningas a separate subject for the Soviet architects during the middle of the 20th century. A. V. Bunin had two main published works on the History of Art of Urban Planning. The first book appeared in 1953, while the second volume was co-authored by T. F. Savarenskaya and published in 1971.This article proves the existence of A. V. Bunin’s plans and attempts to write a third volume, which was not published. This paper is a part of my analysis within the research on Soviet historiography of urban planning, under which there were found the evidence of A. V. Bunin’s plans to write the third volume on the Soviet urban planning.
Varelaki, F., Shuba, A., V., Chatziaristeridou, M., Dalkavouki, A., Keramidas, S., 2016, “Disappeared Queen and Communist Bandits: the Politics of Hegemonic and Counter- memories in the public space of Konitsa”. In V. Nitsiakos, I. Manos, G. Agelopoulos, A. Angelidou, V. Dalkavoukis (eds), Balkan Border Crossings. Fourth Annual of the Konitsa Summer School, Berlin: LIT. (In press).
The separated architectural element is a cultural phenomenon of mankind. Its functions and contents illustrate different undergoing changes in a European context. It was and still is considered from perspectives of new and old perceptions. The main mission of this research is to analyse and compare dates for its future restoration and to research architectural, historical and cultural values of its heritage.
Presentation of the internship project "INTRAMUROS HISTORIC LEFKOSIA: THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE";
2nd of June 2014
http://heritage.org.cy/INTERNSHIPS
Matera: Town of cave-houses of Basilicata region in Italy
Matera is the world-famous historical town of the Sassi in Basilicata region, Italy, where the cave-houses are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as historico-cultural heritage. The town was founded in the ancient time, on the territory of Neolithic settlements. The relationship between the rocks and people were very close. The center of Matera was born on opposite slopes of the river valley that called Gravina di Matera. During Grecia Magna, it was a Greek city of Matera with Civita as the center. Fortified city walls, numerous caves and rocky massifs steel were used for the construction of rural dwellings, it was the origin of Sassi districts in the Roman era. Since then, the neighborhoods were growing with maze of limestone caves-houses increasing in number and the neighborhoods started to be called Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barizano, with the Civita, in between the two neighborhoods. The word " Sasso " means " rock " and the construction of houses in the caves was due to specific climatic conditions and also for protection.