Later I learned that they keep a relic there in this church, whatever that means.
Not sure if this is the holy San Biagio, but I think so...
Eventually we stood in front of Him, 20 meters high and 850 meters above the sea, facing and blessing the countryside.
With a little help from the new lens we looked us right into the eyes :-)
No wonder that He chose to look this way, it's a breathtaking view from above:Maratea downtown and the Gulf of Policastro...
...southwards along the coast (to Sicily, though not visible)..
..and along the valley eastwards. This way leads to the highway (autostrada) to Naples where we had come from the airport.
It was funny to look into the old part of Maratea from above, it looked still medieval somehow. I can imagine they felt safe from vagabonds inside their castle made of houses. 
It looked even tighter the nearer I got with the camera..like a beehive.
Farther downhill are the newer parts of Maratea, this is the Piazza de'l Europa (Europe Place) with the school. This is also the place where the people come together for some social activities in the evening, like stand next to their car and shout and gesture to someone else on the very opposite side of the place :-) 
And this place, too, has certainly a rich history, even if it looks pretty modern: the yacht harbour of Maratea (Maratea Porto).
