Highlights:

Discover the statue of Christ the Redeemer one step away from the sky, second only in size to the Christ of Rio de Janeiro

Visit the Basilica of San Biagio at the highest point of the city

Explore the medieval village with ancient houses decorated the arches divided only by narrow alleys

Tour details:

The tour of Maratea, in the company of a qualified tourist guide, starts from the highest part of the city: Mount San Biagio. Here you can admire in all its beauty the statue of Christ the Redeemer, the symbol not only of the city of Maratea but of the whole region of Basilicata.
The second largest statue in the world as a dimension after Christ of Rio de Janeiro, the statue of Maratea is 21 meters tall, with a 19-meter arm opening and a face measuring 3 meters.
The statue was made of reinforced concrete covered with a mixture of white cement and Carrara marble and created by the artist Bruno Innocenti in 1965.

After admiring the Christ, the visit continues in the nearby Basilica of San Biagio, patron saint of the town.
Popular tradition has it that the church was born by adapting to the Christian cult a pagan temple, of uncertain origin and accessed by passing three neoclassical arches in which there is a niche with a small statue of San Biagio in white marble.
The most important works in the interior are the fresco of the fifteenth century representing the Madonna with the Child, commonly called Madonna of Pomegranate and the silver statue of San Biagio in the royal chapel.
The tour continues in the medieval village, with ancient houses with arches close to each other and divided only by narrow lanes and characteristic lanes that fociano in small squares paved in local stone.