IPOGEA Traditional Knowledge Research Center, was born in Matera in 1993 together with the initiative for the inclusion of the Sassi of Matera in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
It operated in a monumental complex located in the Sassi di Matera, granted by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Ministry of Finance, to carry out activities to enhance the cultural heritage and to promote the international role of the Sassi, resulting from the recognition of UNESCO.

Ipogea is also present in Florence, with an office located on Via Roma 595, Bagno a Ripoli.