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Forestiere Underground Gardens
URL: http://www.forestiere-historicalcenter.com/

Description:
Material about the Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno, California. Sicilian immigrant Baldassare Forestiere (1879-1946) was a self-taught artist and builder who "patterned his underground world after the ancient catacombs of his native land. ... This network of rooms, grottos, and passageways once honeycombed almost 10 acres, and numbered nearly 100." Includes background about Forestiere and images of the gardens.

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Publisher:
Forestiere Historical Center

LII Database Information:
Record 23980 created by Maria Brandt on 06/07/2007
Last modification on 08/06/2008
Published: 08/07/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23980

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