Career
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. 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 worked as an insurance agent. Airaudi died of illness on 24 June 2013.
