Damanhur in the Media
For nearly five decades, Damanhur has attracted the attention of journalists, documentary filmmakers, academics, and broadcasters from across the globe. The story of a community that secretly carved eight underground temple halls into the Alps is simply impossible to ignore.
Global Print Coverage
Featured in The New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, La Repubblica, The Guardian, and hundreds of other publications across 40+ countries since the 1970s.
Documentary Films
The subject of multiple major documentary productions, including works broadcast on BBC, RAI, Arte, and distributed internationally by independent filmmakers.
Broadcast & Digital
Featured on major radio programs, podcasts, YouTube channels, and digital media platforms reaching millions of viewers and listeners globally.
The World Is Watching
From the moment the Temples of Humankind became public knowledge in 1992, the international media has been fascinated by Damanhur. Here is a selection of significant coverage over the decades.
Films About Damanhur
Damanhur has been the subject of award-winning documentary films from Italian and international producers. These films offer rare access to the community's inner life, ceremonies, and creative processes.
Selected Print Coverage
A selection from Damanhur's extensive print media archive, spanning magazines, newspapers, and academic journals across four decades.
Come Damanhur Sta Ridisegnando il Futuro della Comunità
A technology-and-society perspective on Damanhur's innovations in community governance, digital commons, and sustainable living models for the 21st century.
Italy's Most Extraordinary Secret: The Temples of Humankind
Luxury travel feature recommending the Temples as a must-visit experience, with practical visitor guidance and a portrait of community life.
Can Plants Really Make Music? The Damanhur Experiments
An examination of Damanhur's plant-music research from a scientific perspective, interviewing both community researchers and independent biologists.
Damanhur at 40: The World's Most Ambitious Intentional Community
Long-form anniversary feature examining the community's five decades of evolution, challenges, and continuing relevance to social design and conscious living movements.
The Architecture of Devotion: Inside the Temples of Humankind
Italy's foremost architecture magazine profiles the Temples as one of the 20th century's most remarkable examples of collective, un-credentialed architectural achievement.
How Damanhur Built a Nation Inside a Nation
American alternative press feature on Damanhur's constitution, governance model, and complementary currency as a working laboratory for post-capitalist social organization.
Audio Features
Damanhur's story translates powerfully to audio — from major public broadcaster radio documentaries to independent podcasts exploring intentional community and spiritual practice.
BBC Radio 4 — The Long View
"Utopia in Practice" — a 45-minute radio documentary examining Damanhur as the world's most ambitious attempt to build a functioning alternative society. Broadcast 2018.
RAI Radio 3 — Le Interviste
Extended interview series with multiple Damanhurian citizens on topics including art, philosophy, governance, and daily community life. 8 episodes, 2021.
Communes Podcast
"Episode 47: Damanhur — A Living Experiment" — One of the most downloaded episodes of this intentional community podcast, with 180,000+ streams.
On Being with Krista Tippett
Conversation on spirituality, community, and the Damanhurian approach to consciousness exploration. Featured in the "Sacred Structures" series, 2019.
Future of Consciousness Podcast
Three-part interview series exploring Damanhurian philosophy on the nature of time, multiple souls, and synchronic lines. With Italian philosopher Elena Sala.
Ecovillage Podcast
Four episodes on Damanhur's sustainability practices, permaculture design, renewable energy systems, and ecological philosophy. 2022.
Press Kit Download
Journalists and media professionals will find everything needed for accurate, informed coverage of Damanhur in our comprehensive press kit.
Damanhur Media Kit 2025
Our press kit includes factual background on the Federation of Damanhur, its history, governance, the Temples of Humankind, key statistics, official photography, and contact information for media inquiries.
Media Inquiries
Damanhur's media relations team handles all press inquiries, photography and filming requests, interview arrangements, and press kit distribution. We respond to all serious media inquiries within 48 hours.