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a bunch of skulls that are stacked on top of each other in a room with stone walls

During my last trip in Paris I got a chance to visit the city's catacombs which are tunnels which hold the remains of six million people. Created in the 18th century, they were devised as a solution to the city's overflowing cemeteries. A place like no other with its claustrophobic mines covered by bones and skulls on both sides. I Visit my Site I Follow me on Instagram I

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the inside of a cave with steps leading up to it and a building in the middle

The Catacombs of Paris (French: Catacombes de Paris) are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people in a small part of a tunnel network built to consolidate Paris' ancient stone quarries. Extending south from the Barrière d'Enfer ("Gate of Hell") former city gate, this ossuary was created as part of the effort to eliminate the city's overflowing cemeteries.

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