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Tosya Gharibyan asked her husband to dig a basement. He dug an underground labyrinth (AFP)
When Tosya Gharibyan asked her husband to dig a basement under their house to store potatoes, she had no idea of the underground labyrinth that he was going to produce.
Their one-story house in the village of Arinj, outside the capital Yerevan, may not look like much, but nowadays It attracts visitors from around the world after 23 years of love. Tosya's late husband, Levon Arakelyan
They come to see a sinuous network of underground caves and tunnels known as the "Levon Divine Subterranean".
In the cold and tranquility, Tosya leads tourists through seven corridors adorned with Roman columns and ornaments like those of the facades of medieval Armenian churches.
When Tosya Gharibyan asked her husband to dig a basement under their house for storing potatoes, she did not suspect that the underground labyrinth that he would eventually produce would be One of the main touristic tournaments of Armenia [AFP]
It started digging, it was impossible to stop it, "she said about the project that began in 1985." I had a lot of arguments with him, but he became obsessed with his plan.
18 hours a day – only stopping for a nap, then rushing to the cave, confident that he was guided "by the sky".
"The Divine Underground of Levon" is a 23-year-old girl's love job by the late husband of Tosya, Levon Arakelyan (AFP)
"He never drew up plans and told us that he saw in his dreams what he should do next, "said his widow to AFP
. Two decades ago, he dug the space of 280 square meters (3,000 square feet), 21 meters deep in volcanic rock strata – using only hand tools.
For more than two decades, Levon Arakelyan has designed a space of 280 square meters (3,000 square feet), 21 "My primary memory of childhood is the strong blow of my father's hammer heard night from the cave, "said his forty-four-year-old daughter Araksya.
At first, he had to drill a superficial layer of black basalt, but a few meters deep, Levon reached a softer tufa stone and work progressed.
In the cold and tranquility, Tosya Gharibyan leads tourists through corridors that connect seven rooms adorned with Romanesque columns and ornaments like those on the facades of medieval Armenian churches (AFP)
There took out 600 trucks of rocks and earth, using only hand buckets.
died in 2008 at the age of 67 from a heart attack after destroying the last wall that separated two tunnels.
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A decade after the completion of the project, Tosya also runs a small museum commemorating her husband's work in the village of some 6,000 people.
The underground complex has several badogues in the world.
Builder of training, Levon worked 18 hours a day – stopping only to take a nap then rushing to the cave, confident that he was guided "by the sky" ( AFP
Today, the Armenian Grotto figures prominently in travel brochures, regularly attracting visitor buses
Milad, a 29-year-old Iranian tourist, has described the maze as "uninviting." "amazing place"
he only realizes "how much the spiritual and physical abilities of a person can be unlimited".
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