(Gotravelings.com) Beneath the magnificent Paris still remains of more than 6 million dead people and the city formerly known under the name Macabre - Empire of the dead.
Underground Paris (France) is the 321 km long network of old caves, tunnels, stone mines, the main tomb area full of bones and skulls.
The origin of this creepy tomb began two centuries ago. In 1786, dead people who was buried in the cemetery of Paris and the church became overloaded. The dead which were usually buried near residential areas seriously affected people's health.
After that, they found the solution was to move all the entire remains of the dead to the stone mines underground. This space was the perfect solution to ease the overloading in the cemetery, but it also showed many disadvantages such as the risk of land subsidence. That is why there are few tall buildings in Paris, the great foundations can not be built because the tomb is beneath the streets.
One of the museum's surveillance, Tram Nguyen, talk about common reactions of people in the tour: "When coming here for the first time, you are quite impatient, but then will get used to it. Sometimes you do not recognize the bones as the remains are not human anymore, but just think of them as a form of decoration. "
Most of the remaining underground areas are prohibited to be violate. Any violation can be fined up to 60 Euro, but it stimulated strongly people who prefer exploring, discovering.
Street names are etched into the walls to help explorers to adjust their direction underground. Some groups even organize party and drink in the tunnel.
Underground Paris (France) is the 321 km long network of old caves, tunnels, stone mines, the main tomb area full of bones and skulls.
The skull and bones were arranged in the wall of the tunnel in Paris Catacombs (Photo: cnn.com)
The origin of this creepy tomb began two centuries ago. In 1786, dead people who was buried in the cemetery of Paris and the church became overloaded. The dead which were usually buried near residential areas seriously affected people's health.
After that, they found the solution was to move all the entire remains of the dead to the stone mines underground. This space was the perfect solution to ease the overloading in the cemetery, but it also showed many disadvantages such as the risk of land subsidence. That is why there are few tall buildings in Paris, the great foundations can not be built because the tomb is beneath the streets.
To reach the tomb area, visitors must walk down 139 steps and walked along the dark tunnel seemed endless.
One of the museum's surveillance, Tram Nguyen, talk about common reactions of people in the tour: "When coming here for the first time, you are quite impatient, but then will get used to it. Sometimes you do not recognize the bones as the remains are not human anymore, but just think of them as a form of decoration. "
Most of the remaining underground areas are prohibited to be violate. Any violation can be fined up to 60 Euro, but it stimulated strongly people who prefer exploring, discovering.
The secret grounds walked deep under the ground, going on hidden paths around the city. Sometimes, they stayed in one place for several days, preparing oil lamps and handmade maps.
Street names are etched into the walls to help explorers to adjust their direction underground. Some groups even organize party and drink in the tunnel.
For followers of this tomb, feeling the deep silence of the tunnel is the experience that they find in nowhere but this place.
A local explorer Loic Antoine - Gambeaud said: "I think it is in the collection of the imagination. Everybody knows that there's something underneath Paris, something mysterious., But I do not think many people imagine what the underground is like this. "
