empire of death - PARIS https://www.city-paris.fr Visit Paris Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:49:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.city-paris.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-cropped-wmremove-transformed-32x32.png empire of death - PARIS https://www.city-paris.fr 32 32 🕳️ The catacombs of Paris: a fascinating underground world https://www.city-paris.fr/en/the-catacombs-of-paris-a-fascinating-underground-world/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:49:11 +0000 https://www.city-paris.fr/?p=1645 🏛️ The origins of the Paris catacombs It all begins in the XVIIIᵉ century. Paris was growing fast. However, a major problem was emerging: the cemeteries were overflowing. The smell became unbearable. Diseases spread. The most famous, the Cimetière des Innocents, worried the population. In 1780, after a number of vaults collapsed, the authorities decided […]

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