stackyFACTSWhen your zoning board rejects your temple, just build it inside a mountain.
When your zoning board rejects your temple, just build it inside a mountain. The Federation of Damanhur, an esoteric community in Italy, spent over a decade secretly digging out the 'Temples of Humankind' directly beneath a house. Working entirely by hand to avoid detection, they carved out a stunning subterranean labyrinth filled with stained glass and mosaics before the Italian government finally noticed the massive illegal mystical bunker.
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