Oberto Airaudi (29 May 1950 – 24 June 2013)[1] was an Italian cultist, who founded the Federation of Damanhur.
[citation needed] 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 became public knowledge in 1992, when a former member sued to regain his possessions from the group.
[2] Airaudi died in the Damanhur community of Aval (Cuceglio) of colon cancer after it metastasized to his liver.