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Les Catacombes de Paris
1 avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, 75014 Paris, France Phone: 01 43 22 47 63 www.catacombes.paris.fr/About
Les Catacombes de Paris (The Catacombes of Paris), 1 place Denfert-Rochereau (Métro: Denfert-Rochereau). open : Tu 11am - 4pm, W-Su 9am - 4pm. closed on Mondays and public holidays. One of the most eye-popping sights of Paris, the Catacombs represent a network of labyrinthine tunnels, first excavated in the Roman period, that now house the remains of over 6 million burials removed here from the various overcrowded cemeteries and charnel houses all over Paris in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Well worth a visit: the atmosphere is suitably morbid and gloomy (without being too scary), the dark tunnels containing neatly stacked piles of skulls and long bones. Admission €8, seniors €3.30, students 14-26 yrs €4, under 13s free,no cr cards.
