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Catacombs of Paris

Les Catacombes, where the remains of up to six million Parisians were transferred from overcrowded cemeteries in the late 1700s.

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okkurtbara : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

okkurtbara

4 votes NegativePositive

260 days 3 hours ago...

The largest massgrave in the world..

daver18qc : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

daver18qc

1 votes NegativePositive

260 days 1 hour ago...

holy shit, people can actually go there ?

Uzo : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

Uzo

1 votes NegativePositive

260 days 1 hour ago...

I believe the vast majority of the catacombs are off limits, and you will be arrested -- if caught. I don`t know anything of the numbers, but if the poster of this is correct and there are 6,000,000 corpses` worth of bones, there must be a labyrinthine complex to `house` them all.

I think I read somewhere a few years ago on the BBC about secret clubs of people who go down into the catacombs from various secret entrances and have parties.

When I was in Paris I ventured into the catacombs under Notre Dame with a guide. Don`t know if these are the same catacombs, though.

dmumbles : LVL 3: VP 1.2: said:

dmumbles

0 votes NegativePositive

259 days 9 hours ago...

creepy. sounds like fun.

okkurtbara : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

okkurtbara

5 votes NegativePositive

259 days 6 hours ago...

During the Roman times Paris was built using the limestone found under the city and so the quarries were formed. Throughout the centuries following the Roman Empire the quarries grew and the networks of tunnels became more complicated and span an amazing 170 miles.

Then in 1786 the government under the orders of Monsieur Thiroux de Crosne, Lt. General of Police, and by Monsieur Guillaumot, Inspector General of Quarries decided that the quarries would be used as burial grounds during times of Plague and disease, where the cemeteries were filling up.

saltesc : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

saltesc

5 votes NegativePositive

254 days 9 hours ago...

Ah, Paris. The city of love... and coincidentally 6 million creepy dead peeps.

massucre : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

massucre

14 votes NegativePositive

254 days 8 hours ago...

did anyone else want to see more of the structure and less closeups of skulls? :/

mufasa1023 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

mufasa1023

2 votes NegativePositive

254 days 8 hours ago...

i`ve been through there several times....first time as a child, talk about a creepy night tour

I think it`s outside the Denfert-Rochereau Metro station.

SolarAbyss : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

SolarAbyss

-3 votes NegativePositive

254 days 6 hours ago...

If this is all we end up as, what`s the point of living

Teh_Darkwater : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Teh_Darkwater

1 votes NegativePositive

254 days 6 hours ago...

@ 0:05

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

*watches rest*

EDIT: A bit of a whiny vid because of the music. Reminded me of the part of Deus Ex in the catacombs. Man, that game kicked so much ass...

EDIT2: Solar, don`t you want and enjoy things in life? Pursue those things until you`re satisfied. The meaning of (your) life won`t be handed to you on a silver platter, go and find it yourself. Don`t be lazy. :)

catsallupinyourmouth : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

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0 votes NegativePositive

254 days 6 hours ago...

@SolarAbyss: Living is the point of life, in and of itself. There`s no final goal.

alifeva1 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

alifeva1

1 votes NegativePositive

253 days 23 hours ago...

you know i always wondered that if most of us were warriors back in the day and ritual was to bury with armor and sword then we should be digging up weapons left and right

Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust.

pjownedlool : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

pjownedlool

0 votes NegativePositive

253 days 21 hours ago...

i need to travel and see the world, just not the dead world

Gimli000 : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

Gimli000

0 votes NegativePositive

253 days 16 hours ago...

I`ve been here and even have photos of the some of the very same shots in the video. It`s really creepy and damp. They check your bags on the way out because people try to steal some poor bastards head.

There was a skull sitting on the checking table so it seems this happens quite a bit.

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