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On August 14, 1962, two teams of Italian and French miners met beneath Mont Blanc. They had just broken through the last meters of rock that separated them, completing the excavation of what was then the world’s longest road tunnel, under the highest mountain in Europe. About thirty years later, on May 6, 1994, Queen Elizabeth II and French President François Mitterrand inaugurated the Eurotunnel: 38 kilometers of undersea tunnel linking the United Kingdom to the rest of Europe. Now, history is about to repeat itself with the Brenner Base Tunnel.
Miners meeting under the Mont Blanc Tunnel
Achievements like these are not just feats of engineering. They are, above all, human adventures—symbols of our shared desire to overcome distances, to meet, and to work together. At the heart of this spirit, especially in our field, lie tunnels: they connect places and environments that, without human ingenuity, would never have come together. Terra Terra – Down to Earth was born from this very idea.
Terra Terra – Down to Earth is a publishing project by GEEG, created to bring “the whole underground world into one place” by making technical and specialist content on tunneling accessible and well organized. The newsletter features sections on innovation, construction sites, events, and news, along with original contributions from industry experts, the GEEG team, and even students from the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome. By supporting the education of new generations of tunneling specialists, keeping professionals up to date, and sparking curiosity among a wider audience, Terra Terra – Down to Earth carries out the very mission of tunnels themselves: to connect, to shorten distances, and to foster encounters.
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