LEADER 00000cam 2200349Ii 4500 003 OCoLC 005 20190301122827.0 008 171220s2018 enk 000 0 eng d 015 GBB8F5426|2bnb 016 7 019026400|2Uk 020 9781786647962|q(hbk.) 020 1786647966|q(hbk.) 035 (OCoLC)1015852693 040 YDX|beng|cYDX|dGK8|dUKMGB|dNZFNP|dILC|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dOCL |erda|dUtOrBLW 082 04 307.76|223 092 307.76|bBEE 100 1 Beecroft, Julian. 245 10 Secret cities :|bthe haunted beauty /|cJulian Beecroft. 264 1 London :|bFlame Tree Publishing,|c2018. 300 191 pages :|bcolor illustrations ;|c29 x 30cm 336 text|2rdacontent 336 still image|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|2rdamedia 338 volume|2rdacarrier 520 The US military built a secret city under the ice sheet of Iceland, during the Cold War; in the Scotland of the 1800s Burke and Hare lurked in the Edinburgh Vaults; in Turkey the subterranean tunnels of Cappadocia housed up to 20,000 people; the salt mine town of Wieliczka in Poland was built in the 13th century; and the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, was lost for centuries from the late 8th century. Packed with intriguing and haunting photographs this new book charts the many hidden sites of our world, from China, Russia and Poland to the mysterious underground dwellings in the cities of Canada and the USA. 650 0 Cities and towns. 650 0 Urban geography. 650 0 Underground areas. 650 0 Underground construction. 650 0 Cities and towns|vPictorial works.
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