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Beneath which European capital did squatters reportedly build an entire hidden neighborhood, complete with homes, churches, and a cinema, in its old underground quarries?
Answer
Paris
Paris's vast network of former limestone quarries beneath the city became home to squatter communities who built rudimentary homes, chapels, and even a clandestine cinema in the darkness.
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Paris's underground quarries once housed entire neighborhoods of squatters who built homes, churches, and even a cinema in the darkness beneath the city.
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- Rome
- London
- Naples
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- france
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- urban-legends
- quarries
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