Paris Unusual

The Catacombs

What most Parisians call "catacombs" is actually "the careers of Paris". "Catacombs" represent indeed only an eight-hundredth of all the galleries under Paris. It is only ancient careers in which bones of generations of Parisians have been stored in order to solve the problem of overpopulation in the cemeteries of the capital. The underground careers spread, with about 300 kms of galleries, under the 5th, 6th, 8th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 20th districts. The most extended network, located under the 5th, 6th and 14th districts, is about one hundred kilometers long. These few pages are to make you discover this mysterious and fascinating world of the careers of Paris. W must however warn you that all descent in the subsoil of the capital is strictly forbidden, the police is on watch... With the few pages below, and the few other existing sites concerning the catacombs, you will know everything. careers of Paris".