Entrance denied: 10 most protected objects on Earth

At all times and centuries, people were attracted by all sorts of secrets and mysteries. As they say, forbidden fruit is sweet! Therefore, people, as curious creatures, all the time inexorably try to look at at least one eye at what is so carefully hidden from them and find out what is behind the veil of secrecy. And no, we are not talking about gold and foreign exchange reserves with protection, which are probably available in every country, but about really strictly strictly closed secret objects, the chance to get into the territory of which is reduced to almost zero ...

10 PHOTOS

1. Global Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway

This seed vault was built in 2009 on the island of Svalbard. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it stores 250 million seed samples from all over the planet. This was done for a simple reason: so that people could restore the food and agricultural structure lost during the crisis, war or natural disasters. There is absolutely no tectonic activity on the island, and it is located at an altitude of 130 m above sea level, which makes it an ideal place to store seeds. And the idea is not bad!

2. Bunker Pionen, Stockholm, Sweden

This bunker is a cluster of Bahnhof data centers located in a cave at a depth of 30 m. It was built in 1943 in order to protect against a nuclear strike. The servers of Julian Assange (a journalist who published top-secret materials about spy scandals and secrets of diplomacy of the great powers) WikiLeaks are stored in the same bunker. Inside the bunker, life literally “boils”: there are living plants that turn green under the rays of fluorescent lamps, as well as an aquarium with a capacity of 2,600 liters. and many artificial waterfalls.

3. Menwith Hill Air Force Base, Yorkshire, UK

This base was built back in 1954 and was once used to intercept signals during the Cold War. No one really knows what is happening there now, because the site is still the largest electronic intelligence gathering center in the world and is strictly guarded.

4. Vatican Secret Archives

It is believed that this is the largest closed library in the world. And all because in the archives since the VIII century, all the documents of the popes are stored. To get access to the passage to the library, you need to overcome a difficult path, and you must also be a researcher.

5. Parking Bold Lane, Derbyshire, UK

This parking lot is one of the safest places on earth to store your car. Drivers in the parking lot are issued special barcode tickets synchronized with the parking space. A motion sensor is located in the asphalt under the car, which triggers an alarm if it moves without an owner. Also, 190 video surveillance cameras are installed in the parking area, which are controlled by operators.

6. Area 51, Nevada, USA

This secret base is so secret that you won't be able to find it even on the most detailed maps. The airspace above the military base is closed, so there is no way to photograph it from above. Near the base there are shields that warn intruders from further advancement along this road: further on is a restricted area. True or fiction, but they say that data on communication with the inhabitants of other planets is stored in a secret base.

7. US Gold Vault at Fort Knox

According to various estimates of scientists and experts, there are about 5 tons of US gold reserves in the vault. The building is surrounded by four fences, two of which are high-voltage electric. Cameras and armed guards are installed around the perimeter. The walls of the vault are 4 feet wide of granite, and the roof is blast-proof. The entrance is protected by a door weighing 20 tons. To open it, you need to enter a code that is shared between several people and no one knows it completely. In the event of an attack, an autonomous life support system is provided, including food and water supplies, and a power plant.

8. Mormon Church Secret Vaults, Granite Mountain, Utah, USA

This repository belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the largest branch of Mormonism) and contains a wealth of genealogical and historical documents. The vaults are said to hold over 3 billion images, immigration documents and more. The vaults are equipped with a climate control system, state-of-the-art thermal sensors, motion sensors, and 14-ton doors that must withstand a nuclear explosion.

9. Iron Mountain, Pennsylvania, Butler, USA

This is a gigantic underground complex built in an abandoned limestone mine, which contains a truly huge amount of treasures. The most influential people and institutions keep in it what they would like to keep safe. The company provides privacy to its clients, but if you think of any really big name (like Bill Gates), there is a good chance that his secrets are kept in this complex.

10. HavenCo Data Center, UK

The data center was opened in 2000 on the territory of the Principality of Sealand, a virtual state proclaimed back in 1967. Thanks to the lack of hard laws, featureless nature and a fairly safe physical location, Sealand has repeatedly become a haven for all sorts of shadow operators, as well as for HavenCo - the world's first truly offshore, almost no-man's electronic data storage on the border of legal and illegal. Setting up a data center in one of the most inaccessible places on earth was a brilliant concept that led to many problems in the end. The center ceased to exist in 2008.