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Description: Once in the underground labyrinth, a person plunges into the unusual natural conditions, a different world, where there is complete darkness and silence pitch.
Odesa catacombs – phenomenon fanned by a variety of mysteries and legends. It tunnels of different origin and destination. Most of the Odesa catacombs constitute ancient quarry-mine (~ 95%) of which are quarried stone for the construction of the city. Odesa catacombs also include drainage tunnels, “Mines” – the old cellars for various purposes, military bunkers, all sorts of mysterious underground tunnels and real natural caves. To understand the intertwining of subterranean cavities of various origins, it
When they began to build Odesa, more than 200 years ago, but then began to grow and quarries maze. This stone – Pontian limestone-shell rock was the only and the best building material for our city, in the old days. Yes, and it remains so today. Stone extraction was conducted almost uncontrolled, leading to huge confusion of underground passages. So lost in the Odesa catacombs is really easy and simple.
The total length of Odesa catacombs is estimated underground specialist geologist Konstantin Pronin is 2500 kilometers. The length of this close to the real, but not confirmed by the cartographic material. Research on Mapping Odessa catacombs are maintained to the present day.
ODESA IS WAITING FOR YOU! | ODESA TOURIST PORTAL
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