Underwater cathedrals
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Chapf, 500 cubic metres, built 1966 Brütten Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Scharten 1,500 cubic metres, construction 1931 Wettingen Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Wabern, 1,150 cubic metres, construction 1958 Köniz Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Beichlen, 500 cubic metres, construction 2003 Oetwil am See Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Rippertschwand, 3,500 cubic metres, construction 1999 Neuenkirch Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Reben, 2,400 cubic metres, construction 2008 Effretikon Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Munimatt, 1,500 cubic metres, construction 1986 Spreitenbach Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Mühleberg, 5,000 cubic metres, construction 1978 Tagelswangen Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Steingruben, 750 cubic metres, construction 1881 Solothurn Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Lengg (slow filter), 1960 Zurich Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Goffersberg, 2,500 cubic metres, construction 1958 Lenzburg Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Thalbach, 1,500 cubic metres, construction 1899 (renovated 2007) Bregenz Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Belvédère, 4,000 cubic metres, construction 1951-53 (renovated 1989) Baden Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012 -
Chapf, 500 cubic metres, construction 1966 Brütten Silvio Maraini, © Benteli Verlag 2012
Photographer Silvio Maraini has documented rarely visited spaces: empty underground water tanks. Sublime temples and columns are just some of the elements of these “underwater cathedrals".
This content was published on June 2, 2012 - 11:00
From the outside, their existence is only revealed by an inconspicuous entrance. But way below, Maraini found the tanks that store our drinking water - water that is, however, absent. This absence provides a space few people ever see.
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