[afraidfortherepublic]

In my home town, an early settler built Underground Gardens which still exist and are now a tourist attraction. This structure in Anatolia reminds me of it.

A hand-built network of underground rooms, courtyards and passageways reminiscent of the ancient catacombs

Unique fruit producing trees, shrubs, and vines growing underground -- some over 90 years-old

Ancient Roman architecture - arches, vaults and stone-built walls

Underground micro-climates -- temperature variations of 10 to 30 degrees

Underground home of Sicilian visionary and self-taught artist/builder Baldassare Forestiere

This site was "abandoned" and closed to the public when I was growing up. We used to sneak out there and explore it when we were in high school. We never engaged in vandalism -- just curiosity. We never got caught.

[SunkenCiv]

Neat! Where is it?

[afraidfortherepublic]

I should mention that my home town is Fresno, CA.

[Chesterbelloc]

Marc Forestiere was in elementary school with me and his Mom was the den mother in Cub Scouts and she took us all there on a tour showing everything around 1970. Neat place.

[ThomasThomas]

They have underground gardens around Gilroy.

[hearthwench]

Born and baked in The ‘Burg, too. I remember that place! (I was 16 at the end of 1975, though. ;) ) I never got to sneak in there. That is probably a good thing, I get very claustrophobic when in underground places.

[Bigg Red]

How were those plants watered? How would they get sun?