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UER Forum > Archived World > Tunnels and air raid shelter under Porto Navile, Bologna (Viewed 653 times)
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Tunnels and air raid shelter under Porto Navile, Bologna
< on 6/16/2012 9:14 PM >
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Bologna, where I live, is full of underground creeks, rivers and canals. Until the 19th century, the main way of bringing goods to the city was via canals. The Canale Navile led to a port of the same name that was active until the early 1800s. I went to check it out a couple times this week and found some cool underground spaces and a WWII air raid shelter.


They've made the old port basin into a park, with a fake stream that runs on top of the tunnel.


This is directly below where the photo above was taken - a nice big chamber.


The door above the tunnel leads into an air raid shelter built during WWII. The tunnel below goes on a ways but I haven't explored it yet.


The air-raid shelter. In WWII the allies dropped a crapload of bombs on Bologna because it was a major logistics hub; the city repurposed its tunnel network as refuges. Below, the ladder leading out.



Looking back on the park. The first photo above was taken right under the letters 'C' and 'A'. There were DJs and everyone was drinking cocktails. The techno beats made all this weird reverb down the tunnel.


Further up the tunnel we reach a settling pool with some kind of surveillance window!


There's a little waterfall that feeds the pool. Looked like it was at least hip deep, so I didn't give it a try. This water has unfortunate stuff floating in it.


This side tunnel has some cool stairs... unfortunately a little further up you can see that it's a sanitary sewer that feeds into the black pipe. Turds and TP everywhere. I almost slipped.


Random bonus photo.

Below, The exit, where the Navile heads above ground.




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Re: Tunnels and air raid shelter under Porto Navile, Bologna
<Reply # 1 on 6/17/2012 8:03 AM >
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Great story and history. Thanks for sharing.

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