Almost everywhere in the world, human groups facing periods of prolonged insecurity have dug, with great effort and with the help of picks, ingeniously organised underground refuges (“souterrains-refuges”) to disappear from the surface, shelter and defend themselves underground.

The authors invite us to discover these discreet monuments with their unique architecture, in France, Ireland, Bavaria and Austria, Benin, Cappadocia, Spain and Vietnam, as well as in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Gaza.

Souterrains du monde, Jérôme and Laurent Triolet, Actes Sud publishing house, Arles, 2025, 17 x 24 cm, full color book, 160 pages, 130 illustrations (photos and figures), written in French, 29 €.