By: Kerrigan Arnold Catacombs of Paris, France

Catacombes en France étaient basés sur des catacombes de Rome, et ont été construits en est pour abriter les morts des différents cimetières de Paris la fin des années (Catacombs in France were based off of the catacombs of Rome, and were built in the late 1700's to house the dead from the various cemeteries around Paris.) Paris était à court de place dans leurs cimetières pour tous les corps des défunts. (Paris was running out of room in their cemeteries for all of the deceased bodies.) La solution était de déplacer le métro mort, dans des carrières abandonnées une fois peuplées par des voleurs et des sans-abri. (The solution was to move the dead underground, into abandoned quarries once populated by thieves and the homeless.) Au début… Catacomb s in undergrou nd quarries in Paris, France La température moyenne des catacombes est d'environ 57 degrés Fahrenheit. Fun Facts:

Faits Intéressants… Il ya actuellement environ 6 millions de morts logé dans les catacombes. (There are currently approximately 6 million dead housed in the catacombs.) Tunnels étaient autrefois utilisés comme un repaire pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour les Français aux Allemands. (Tunnels were once used as a hideout during WWII for the French from the Germans) Les Allemands ont utilisé les tunnels des catacombes ainsi de fournir un bunker. (The Germans used tunnels of the Catacombs as well to provide as a bunker.) Il ya des entrées secrètes dans les catacombes. Ils sont situés dans des choses telles que les égouts et les regards, mais la majorité des entrées nécessitent une clé. ( There are secret entrances to the Catacombs. These are located in such things as sewers and manholes; however majority of entrances require a key.)

Chronologie… 4 April 1777 : Louis XVI established the Quarries Inspectorate responsible for protecting Parisian quarries. The City of Paris Quarries Inspectorate is currently working on this project. 7 April 1786 : Blessing and consecration of the formerTombe- Issoire quarries, which became the ossuary known as the Catacombs. It took two years to transfer all the bones from the cimetière des Innocents graveyard, which was the largest in Paris : Transfer of bones from other Parisian parish graveyards to the Catacombs : Héncart de Thury, the Inspector of Quarries, carrier out work to make the site accessible to visitors : The final transfer of bones takes place during the urban regeneration work carried out by Haussmann : Management of the Catacombs is taken over from the Quarries Inspectorate by the City of Paris Cultural Affairs Division : Catacombs officially become part of the Carnavalet - History of Paris Museum : The Catacombs reopen after three months of work, notably in the Port-Mahon gallery, which has been closed since 1995.

Entrez si vous osez… CAUTION, PARTICULAR CONDITIONS OF VISIT : - Visits limited to 200 Visitors in the site - Duration of the visit: 45 minutes - length 2 km - No toilets, no cloakroom steps to be gone down, 83 steps to be gone up - Temperature: 14° - Visit dis-advised to the people suffering of cardiac or respiratory weakness and of nervous disease. - Visit dis-advised to young children - Children of less than 14 years must be accompanied by an adult Tours for the Catacombs are open to the public, although there are certain parts that are off limits because they hazardous.

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