Oberto Airaudi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Philosopher, healer, writer and painter
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Place of Birth: Province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
About Oberto Airaudi
- Oberto Airaudi (29 May 1950 – 24 June 2013) was an Italian philosopher and artist, who founded the Federation of Damanhur.
- Airaudi also went by the name of Falco (Hawk), based on the Damanhur practice of adopting animal names.
- He was born in Balangero, near Turin, Italy. In 1975, Airaudi and a group of about 25 other people founded the Federation of Damanhur, a New Age commune and eco-village.
- Beginning in 1978, Airaudi directed construction of the underground facility the Temples of Humankind.
- Initially in secret, the Temples become public knowledge in 1992, when a former member sued to regain his possessions from the group.
- Prior to founding the community, he had worked as an insurance agent.Airaudi died of liver cancer.
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