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Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by 'paranormal' eccentric
News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:03 PM EST
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Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque.
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{"commentId":1208320,"authorDomain":"dwing"}
It's amazing what one guy with a dream can accomplish. I'm humbled.
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- 8 votes
#1 - Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:10 PM EST{"commentId":1208509,"authorDomain":"luckydog"}
Fantastic find Dwing. I am impressed.
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- 6 votes
#2 - Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:44 PM EST{"commentId":1208517,"authorDomain":"inghar2004"}
That is a truly amazing find, for you and for the authorities, who, I noticed, decided to seize the temples. That upsets me; the group works all this time to create that, and then, the state just takes it over. That's wrong.
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- 5 votes
#3 - Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:47 PM EST{"commentId":1208728,"authorDomain":"dehehn"}
The authorities did eventually give them full control once again though. It does show you how authorities often make knee jerk reactions when people go around protocol, but that cooler heads often prevail.
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":1209838,"authorDomain":"gwenny"}
At least they didn't dynamite them for having no permits!!!!
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":1208590,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
That was just incredible, Dwing. I'm clipping to my personal clippings. Amazing.
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- 5 votes
#4 - Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:26 PM EST{"commentId":1208698,"authorDomain":"Wheel"}
Remarkable! Thanks for this seed. :)
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- 4 votes
#5 - Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:09 PM EST{"commentId":1208730,"authorDomain":"dehehn"}
Amazing. Truly inspiring in so many ways. As an artist and a human I'm in awe.
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- 4 votes
#6 - Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:28 PM EST{"commentId":1209479,"authorDomain":"luckydog"}
Makes you wonder how many other secret treasures are out there in the world.
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":1210479,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
That is one amazing find. I would love to see that some day. Unreal amount of detail.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":1208747,"authorDomain":"thura"}
Stunning. Not the 8th wonder, but stunning non-the-less.
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- 4 votes
#7 - Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:40 PM EST{"commentId":1208793,"authorDomain":"wingod"}
Absolutely faboo!
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- 4 votes
#8 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:15 AM EST{"commentId":1208882,"authorDomain":"nigeriawhatisnew"}
As no planning permission had been granted, they decided to share their scheme only with like-minded people.
Volunteers, who flocked from around the world, worked in four-hour shifts for the next 16 years with no formal plans other than Falco's sketches and visions, funding their scheme by setting up small businesses to serve the local community.
But a year later the police swooped on the community demanding: "Show us these temples or we will dynamite the entire hillside."
'They are to remind people that we are all capable of much more than we realise and that hidden treasures can be found within every one of us once you know how to access them,' says Falco.
Common good. Awesome find.
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- 6 votes
#9 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:58 AM EST{"commentId":1208911,"authorDomain":"krishna109"}
Quite amazing!
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- 4 votes
#10 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:25 AM EST{"commentId":1208957,"authorDomain":"cartooncat"}
I'm stunned - the temples are absolutely beautiful. What a find!
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- 4 votes
#11 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:26 AM EST{"commentId":1209348,"authorDomain":"eviefalcon"}
[Sound of jaw dropping]
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- 6 votes
#12 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:59 AM EST{"commentId":1210465,"authorDomain":"MinnieApolis"}
Stunning I said - system crashed and lost my comment --
There is a webcam at www.damanhur.it/webcam/
Go look, it's on Java.
Also something about a time travel experiment!!!??? OOhhhh-kkaaayyyy...
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- 3 votes
#13 - Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:49 PM EST{"commentId":1211938,"authorDomain":"belarius"}
Hooray! There's a few of these eccentric builders floating around, so I'm always keen on discovering new ones.
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- 3 votes
#14 - Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:37 PM EST{"commentId":1214570,"authorDomain":"MinnieApolis"}
The link to the one on Nek Chand Saini (under 'floating' -- cute) was really interesting, tho I wish he had not built on a govt preserve. Never heard of him before.
"Discovering new ones" links to a book on Amazon all about these fantasy worlds built by eccentrics. There seems to be a lot of them around.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":1214989,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
Excellent, Belarius. I was hoping one of those links would discuss Leedskalnin's Coral Castle. I first read about it in a Ripley's Believe it or Not book when I was about nine, and have been intrigued by it ever since.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":1215127,"authorDomain":"belarius"}
Those are just a few of my favorites. The book I linked to is pretty damned comprehensive.
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":1215173,"authorDomain":"luckydog"}
Excellent, Belarius. I was hoping one of those links would discuss Leedskalnin's Coral Castle.
Is that the one built by the guy that nobody could figure out how he moved the blocks?
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":1217592,"authorDomain":"MinnieApolis"}
Is he the guy that never married and blathered about his Sweet Sixteen that he fell in love with as a young man?
What was this about floating rocks in the air to move them? Is that what he said or what someone guesses he did?? He was very secretive and never let anyone watch him move those blocks...
I see he is on the web, or rather, his "published writings" are on the web at keelynet.com/leed.htm -- I had no idea he wrote anything down! It includes a piece on the use of magnetic current.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":1217726,"authorDomain":"luckydog"}
Speaking of moving heavy objects I was watching a documentary where this group of people were doing a reenactment where they had to portage a very large heavy boat. Took several days as I recall and they totally exhausted themselves doing it with rollers. For the life of me I couldn't figure out why they didn't make use a pole and a rope and leverage as undoubtedly the original party did.
I am sure this gentleman made good use of levers and pulleys to manage his feats of strength.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":1217597,"authorDomain":"MinnieApolis"}
PS - Leedskalnin says that if you face East while reading it, that it will be your for your electricity.
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- 1 vote
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