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An underground house in the Sassi di Matera, Italy An underground jewellery shop in Coober Pedy An example of an excavated house in Brhlovce, Slovakia. Underground living refers to living below the ground's surface, whether in natural or manmade caves or structures (earth shelters). Underground dwellings are an alternative to above-ground ...
An earth sheltered house in Switzerland (Peter Vetsch) An earth shelter, also called an earth house, earth-bermed house, earth-sheltered house, [1] earth-covered house, or underground house, is a structure (usually a house) with earth against the walls and/or on the roof, or that is entirely buried underground.
The yaodong homes are common on the Loess Plateau of China in the North, and are found mainly in five provinces: Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia. In the Qingyang, Gansu region, the ratio of cave dwellers to non-cave dwellers is the highest found anywhere in China.
Cave dweller, Underground living; Cave temple; Cellar; Dungeon; Dugout (shelter) Fogou; Hypogeum; Mine; Rock cut architecture, rock-cut tomb; Smuggling tunnel; Tunnels (street tunnel, train tunnels) Underground city, umbrella article for underground dwellings and facilities; Underground rapid transit system; Wine cave
Souterrain (from French sous terrain , meaning "under ground") is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the European Atlantic Iron Age. These structures appear to have been brought northwards from Gaul during the late Iron Age. Regional names include earth houses, fogous and Pictish houses.
A view of the caves. Construction began on November 11, 1944, [2] and continued until Japan's surrender on August 15, 1945. Construction was 75% completed at the end of the war, with 5,900 square meters (64,000 sq ft) of floor-space (60,000 cubic meters (2,000,000 cu ft) of volume) excavated.
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There are three levels within the underground structure, one 10 feet (3.0 m) deep, one 20 feet (6.1 m) deep, and one 23 feet (7.0 m) deep. The gardens have skylights and catch basins for water. The dirt that was moved to create the large structure was used elsewhere to fill planters, create stones placed within the catacombs, and to level out ...