Back سراديب الموتى في باريس Arabic Катакомбы Парыжа Byelorussian Парижки катакомби Bulgarian Pariske katakombe BS Catacumbes de París Catalan Pařížské katakomby Czech Katakomberne i Paris Danish Katakomben von Paris German Κατακόμβες του Παρισιού Greek Katakomboj de Parizo Esperanto
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Catacombes de Paris | |
 Crypt of the Sepulchral Lamp in the Catacombs of Paris | |
  Location within Paris | |
| Established | 1810 |
|---|---|
| Location | Place Denfert-Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°50′02″N 2°19′56″E / 48.83389°N 2.33222°E |
| Type | Historic site |
| Collections | Paris's former stone quarries, ossuary contents of Paris's pre-18th-century intra muros cemeteries |
| Visitors | 480,000 (2018)[1] |
| Public transit access | Denfert-Rochereau     |
| Website | www |
The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris, ⓘ) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people.[2] Built to consolidate Paris's ancient stone quarries, they extend south from the Barrière d'Enfer ("Gate of Hell") former city gate. The ossuary was created as part of the effort to eliminate the effects of the city's overflowing cemeteries. Preparation work began shortly after a 1774 series of basement wall collapses around the Holy Innocents' Cemetery added a sense of urgency to the cemetery-eliminating measure, and from 1788, nightly processions of covered wagons transferred remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft opened near the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire .[3]
The ossuary remained largely forgotten until it became a novelty-place for concerts and other private events in the early 19th century; after further renovations and the construction of accesses around Place Denfert-Rochereau, it was opened to public visitation from 1874. Since 2013, the Catacombs have numbered among the fourteen City of Paris Museums managed by Paris Musées. Although the ossuary comprises only a small section of the underground mines of Paris, Parisians often refer to the entire tunnel network as the catacombs.
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- ^ Willsher, Kim (19 October 2024). "'Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts': secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2024.