The Paris Catacombs- The Last Day
This place was downright creepy, but in a very cool way. During a widespread illness before the French Revolution, more space to bury the dead was needed so it was decided that the all the bodies from a local cemetary should be exhumed to make way for the bodies that needed to be buried. The bones that had been exhumed were moved into the abandoned limestone quarries that lie beneath Paris and painstakingly arranged in bizarre patterns. I imagine that they were carefully placed in this way to show respect for the dead, though for me it certainly made for an entertaining albeit spooky visit!
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