The underground city of drug addicts and murderers — Edinburgh Vaults
A huge underground city that served good purposes became a haven for madmen, murderers, drug addicts and bardels…
An underground city is located under the arches of the South Bridge in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. A few centuries ago, this city really had a much more terrible and unpleasant appearance than it does now.
Edinburgh basements (they are often also called South Bridge basements) are a whole complex of separate rooms and corridors. As Edinburgh itself gradually increased in size, so did its underground city. Initially, basement rooms were built in buildings along the South Bridge, which was also considered a shopping street, as warehouses, workshops and other utility rooms. There are 120 of them in total, but the sizes vary significantly: from 2 to 40 square meters.
However, just 7 years after the opening of the South Bridge, the underground rooms began to flood. Of course, they were no longer suitable for storing anything valuable, so the artisans quickly left their workshops. And instead of them, new inhabitants appeared here.
