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UER Forum > Archived World > Gigantic cave in beneath ancient church, homes in historic center of Naples (Viewed 692 times) full  Location: Italy Gender: Male  |  |  Gigantic cave in beneath ancient church, homes in historic center of Naples < on 9/24/2009 5:33 PM >   A little after four o'clock in the morning while families slept, the water soaked soft soil beneath an area in the historic center of Naples gave way creating three distinct, huge sinkholes caving in roadways and foundations beneath buildings in the area. One gigantic hole some 40 feet across left a frightening spectacle in the very center of the ornate Baroque church, San Carlo alle Mortelle which is situated on the slopes above the city and dates from the early 1600's. The church and tightly packed multi-story apartment buildings sit above numerous underground sandstone quarries, reservoirs and the ancient Carmignano aqueduct all some 50 to 60 meters (160-200 feet) below. We are not familiar with the underground of this area other than two small tunnels that connect to the Carmignano aqueduct which dates from the 1700's. The entire area has been closed off and some 50 families, a total of 297 people have been relocated to temporary shelters while emergency workers and engineers evaluate the size and seriousness of the problem. One family living in a building beneath which part of the foundation gave way was rescued by firemen from an upper area of their apartment. Photos in the links below show how entire sections of kitchen floor are now huge deep, open holes. The combination landslide and washout follows two days of intense rain and water runoff down the slopes of this part of the city. Storm water runoff frequently creates more pressure than the old sewer pipes can handle and they rupture, washing out loose soil and loose pozzolana sub-stratas creating the all too frequent "Voragines" or sinkholes. The Wikimap link to the church above will help you locate the disaster scene, and links to dramatic news photos can be seen HERE and HERE. Larry Ray by Napoli Underground NeandertalMan yokes  Location: Toronto Gender: Male I aim to misbehave  |  |  |  Re: Gigantic cave in beneath ancient church, homes in historic center of Naples <Reply # 1 on 9/24/2009 5:50 PM >   fuuuuuck. not good. "Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel derelictanet  Location: Italy Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Gigantic cave in beneath ancient church, homes in historic center of Naples <Reply # 2 on 9/25/2009 10:44 AM >   Isn't it possible to draw a map of the underground in Naples just to know where the ground can collapse or not? Watching from the underground. There's a lot to study there. Luckily in Milan we have some galleries but the ground doesn't collapse under our feet! My forgotten world: www.derelicta.net full  Location: Italy Gender: Male  |  |  Re: Gigantic cave in beneath ancient church, homes in historic center of Naples <Reply # 3 on 9/25/2009 4:45 PM >   We have a map with 900 caves NeandertalMan RCR619  Location: ONT Gender: Male  |  Re: Gigantic cave in beneath ancient church, homes in historic center of Naples <Reply # 4 on 9/26/2009 3:53 PM >   OH MY GOD! THERE'S A DEAD GUY HANGING ON THE WALL OF THAT CHURCH! Air  Location: Canada  |  Re: Gigantic cave in beneath ancient church, homes in historic center of Naples <Reply # 5 on 10/11/2009 2:10 AM >   Posted by RCR619 OH MY GOD! THERE'S A DEAD GUY HANGING ON THE WALL OF THAT CHURCH! Never mind the devil is trying to infiltrate the church from below! "The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist UER Forum > Archived World > Gigantic cave in beneath ancient church, homes in historic center of Naples (Viewed 692 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 148 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 740512172 pages have been generated.