Paris, France

Catacombs of Paris

Catacombs of Paris, Paris

An underground ossuary holding the remains of more than six million Parisians, transferred from overflowing cemeteries beginning in 1786. Twenty meters below the streets, former limestone quarries shelter long walls of carefully stacked bones and skulls.

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Location

Coordinates: 48.83389, 2.33222

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