article_snippet.sent: Lucian Faggiano bought the building in Lecce, Puglia in the south of Italy and had planned to turn Lucian Faggiano into a trattoria - but renovations were put on hold when Lucian Faggiano discovered a toilet on the site was blocked.
article_snippet.sent: Lucian Faggiano dream of opening a restaurant was scuppered when a dig to find a blocked sewage point yielded some 2,000 years of hidden history, including vast rooms and pottery (shown in this image that features Lucian Faggiano left and Lucian Faggiano son)
article_snippet.sent: Eight years after it was meant to open as a restaurant, the building has been turned into Museum Faggiano (pictured) and a number of staircases allow visitors to travel down through time to visit the ancient underground chambers discovered by the family .
article_snippet.sent: Here, Mr Faggiano carries a piece of Roman pottery from an underground room .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Faggiano bought the seemingly standard building in Lecce, Puglia in the south of Italy, (marked on this map) but Mr Faggiano dream of turning it into a trattoria was put on hold thanks to a broken toilet. 
article_snippet.sent: Mr Faggiano asked Mr Faggiano sons to help fix the problem with the plumbing so Mr Faggiano could accelerate the opening of Mr Faggiano restaurant, in a building that looked like it was modernised.
article_snippet.sent: Afraid of costs and the delay in opening the restaurant, Mr Faggiano initially kept Mr Faggiano amateur archaeology a secret from Mr Faggiano wife, in part perhaps because Mr Faggiano was lowering Mr Faggiano youngest son, Davide, 12 though small gaps in the floor to aid Mr Faggiano work.
article_snippet.sent: But Mr Faggiano wife, Anna Maria Sanò suspected his work was more complex than his work appeared thanks to the amount of dirty clothes Anna Maria Sanò was washing, and because of dirt and debris being taken away.
article_snippet.sent: Investigators shut down the site, warning Mr Faggiano Mr Faggiano was conducting an unofficial archaeological dig.
article_snippet.sent: Retired cultural heritage official, Giovanni Giangreco, who was involved with the excavation, said: ‘The Faggiano house has layers that are representative of almost all of the city’s history, from the Messapians to the Romans, from the medieval to the Byzantine time.
article_snippet.sent: Afraid of costs and the delay in opening the restaurant, Mr Faggiano initially kept Mr Faggiano amateur archaeology a secret from Mr Faggiano wife.
article_snippet.sent: Here, Mr Faggiano sorts though pieces of glass and pottery found in one of the rooms.
article_snippet.sent: The cavernous property has been turned into a museum so visitors can easily see the remains (pictured) Mr Faggiano (pictured here with his son in an ancient underground room) admits to becoming obsessed with the project, but still wanted to open his restaurant .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Faggiano (pictured here with his son in an ancient underground room) admits to becoming obsessed with the project, but still wanted to open his restaurant.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Faggiano (pictured here with his son in an ancient underground room) said:
article_snippet.sent: Eight years after it was meant to open as a restaurant, their building has been turned into Museum Faggiano and a number of staircases allow visitors to travel down through time to visit the ancient underground chambers discovered by the family.
article_snippet.sent: However, Mr Faggiano (pictured here with his son in an ancient underground room) hasn’t given up on Mr Faggiano (pictured here with his son in an ancient underground room) and is planning on opening a restaurant at a less complex location – even though Mr Faggiano (pictured here with his son in an ancient underground room)
article_snippet.sent: Mr Faggiano, pictured here, said: