The underground houses in Matmata, beautiful and so interest

News24xx.com -  Many citizens around the world, especially in hot climates, have traditionally lived in caves to avoid the heat.

Not to miss, the Berbers of the Matmata, a small village in southern Tunisia also did similar things.

However, as reported by the Amusing Planet, they do not necessarily to live in the cave. Instead, they dug a huge hole in the underground then styled into home building.

As for the open space in the middle of the holes, served as a page and linked to the page from the pit or house in the vicinity. Where is that page such as moats that formed a huge labyrinthunderground.

Matmata and similar cities in Tunisia put homes crypt manually and has become a tradition for thousands of years. However, the results are sturdy enough to make houses that for centuries.

Matmata Highlands, where this type of shelter is found, is next to a narrow corridor that is the only road between Libya and Tunisia. This area has been overrun by invaders throughout history, forcing the Berbers to retreat to the Highlands, where they began to dig into houses in the mountains.

Then, when the relationship with the Arab invaders increasingly friendly, the Berbers began to feel more secure, and many who moved to bottom and developing villages and homes on the slopes of the mountain are low and then on the plains.

Currently, House basement is a tourist attraction in its territory. In addition, Matmata also has another famous icon due to the filming locations of Star Wars, namely the House of Luke Skywalker who is in the underground hotel called SidiDriss.