Facts About Catacombs Paris
1. Hold the Remains of Over Six Million People2. Created in Late 18th Century
3. Span Over 200 Miles of Tunnels
4. Only a Small Portion of it is Open to the Public
5. The Official Entrance is at Place Denfert-Rochereau
6. Used as Resistance Headquarters During World War II
7. Have Inspired Numerous Horror Stories and Films
8. The Temperature is a Constant 14°C (57°F)
9. Contain Inscriptions and Carvings
10. They are a Former Limestone Quarry
Paris, renowned for its beauty and art, also holds a haunting secret beneath its streets: "The Empire of Death”. Renowned as Paris Catacombs are underground tunnels created in Paris in the 17th century. It was an era of innovation, growth, and limitless imagination. However, due to the city’s age, its cemeteries were snowed under by overcrowding. As a result, 6 million bodies were excavated and transferred to the catacombs of Paris. These underground tunnels, are part of a vast maze of over 200 miles.
This eerie labyrinth has attracted famous visitors like Napoleon III and inspired literary works like "Les Miserables." Victor Hugo, Charles Baudelaire, and even Jim Morrison have each explored the depths of the underground city. Some Paris Catacombs facts that may interest travellers are that some local Parisians, called cataphiles, explore the uncharted regions of the catacombs. Cataphiles have created art, held parties, and even cultivated mushrooms in the catacombs
