Filed under: Damanhur, Italy, Oberto Airaudi, art, aura, craft, personal intrests, travel
Recently discovered carved into a rocky hillside in rural Italy- The Eighth Wonder of the World!
The Temples of Damanhur were not the workings of some ancient civilization but rather the work of a former insurance broker from northern Italy. Oberto Airaudi began having visions of amazing temples decades ago, in the 1960’s at age 10. His goal was to translate his childhood visions into reality, he along with the help of countless volunteers worked for decades on the temples – thought to be the largest temple structure the word has ever seen.
The group – self-named the Damanhurians – hid their construction from the Italian government until 1991, when Police Officers threatened to dynamite the hillside if they weren’t shown the ‘temples’ they had heard about. When several of the builders brought the police into the main temple, jaws dropped as the police officers were met with immaculate murals, stained glass, mosaic and statues. The Damanhurians were granted retrospective permission for their construction, which has now become one of Italy’s national treasures.
Click here for more information on the temples.
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