Each state of the Mexican Republic has large secrets and beliefsbeing that of the existence of underground tunnels in the capital of Yucatán one of the most listened to, since it is said that they connect the Cathedral with the Nuns Churchwhich served as escape routes during times of religious persecution.
Among the stories told about these tunnels is that they were built so that the cloistered Nuns did not have to have any type of contact with the outside world, and it was even said that one of the passages led from the Nuns’ Church to the Cathedral. , which also connected to convent of San Francisco the Great.
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About all this, Sergio Grosjean Abimerhi, an anthropologist, comments that from the research that has been carried out during the last 25 years, up to this moment the interconnection of the underground tunnels that are found in properties, such as the one that occurs, cannot be ensured. currently occupies the Diamond Square.
In fact, in the establishment of this square located at the intersection of 62nd and 62nd streets, which is also known as the House of Bricks, there is a nine-meter tunnel that has been included in the route that is does in the theater show “Night of Legends”, where the times of the viceroyalty and the colony come to life again.
Across the street, there is also an adjacent property at the entrance to the parking lot of the city Hallan entrance to the subway that during the seventies functioned as the “Yanal Luum” nightclub.
The oldest news about this place was reported by archaeologist Manuell Cirerol Sansores, in an article about said underground in 1943, which at that time was owned by Colonel Pablo Antonio González. In 1945, the property was acquired by the Espinosa family, who decided to set up a photography studio that continues in a location.
In these two cases, Grosjean Abirmerhi says that everything seems to indicate that this underground tunnel existed since the pre-Hispanic period, but at that time it did not measure more than 20 meters, although a couple of decades ago, Mr. Espinosa, former owner, made some extensions, thus consolidating a huge “blind” underground gallery.
“After thoroughly reviewing it, the only thing we found that really surprised us was the wallet of an alleged client of the old nightclub that we located in a small niche that seemed to extend in the direction of the old nun’s convent, however this was not visible.” “It extended for more than a few meters,” he explained.
However, because there is not much evidence and it is not conclusive despite the fact that there are people who claim that they toured the tunnels during their childhood with candles, Abimerhi says that for now they remain legends.
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