A secret tunnel hundreds of years ago that was once an escape route for the king attracts tourists because of its antiquity and the surprising items that appear inside.
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| It is a tunnel created from the Bolla and Carmignano sewers underground in the city of Naples (Italy) from the 16th century, 30 meters deep underground. |
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| The tunnel was discovered in the early 2000s by a staircase built in the 18th century, not far from Piazza del Plebiscite in central Naples. |
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| It later became Galleria Borbonica - a popular tourist attraction. |
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| This ancient tunnel was built in 1853 as an escape route for King Ferdinand II of the Bourbon dynasty. It connects the king's palace to the military barracks. |
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| The king wanted to create this escape route because of the many rebellions during his reign. The escape route was created from the Bolla and Carmignano sewers. However, King Ferdinand II died before the tunnel was completed. |
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| The tunnel later became a military hospital and bomb shelter during World War II. It then became a warehouse for confiscated vehicles from 1940-1960. |
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| Therefore, in the tunnel there are still many motorbikes, cars, and bicycles that are rusty, rotten, and covered with dust. |
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| Galleria Borbonica offers three different tours. The standard tour allows visitors to walk through the tunnels, see bomb shelters and ancient cisterns, and the adventure tour allows visitors to raft through the flooded tunnels. |
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| Adventurous visitors will be equipped with helmets and flashlights to explore the winding tunnel about 530m long under the city. |
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