Monday, March 8, 2021

The Dark Underworld of the Paris Catacombs


 https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/dark-underworld-paris-catacombs-002834


Paris, the capital of France, is often called La Ville Lumière (meaning ‘The City of Light’), however, beneath this bustling European city of 12 million people, lies a dark subterranean world holding the remains of 6 million of its former inhabitants. These are the Paris Catacombs: a network of old caves, quarries and tunnels stretching hundreds of miles, and seemingly lined with the bones of the dead.

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