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1. Monument to the Republic – Jardin du Luxembourg loop from Jacques Bonsergent

10.7km

00:39

80m

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2. Jardin du Luxembourg – Tour de l'Horloge loop from Mairie de Montrouge

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00:41

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3. Jardin du Luxembourg – Tour Saint-Jacques loop from Porte d'Orléans

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00:55

100m

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Paris je t’aime – Office de tourisme

July 2, 2024

A veritable underground labyrinth in the center of Paris, the Catacombs have been accessible to the public since 1806. These are old quarries which house the largest ossuary in the world, the result of the transfer of the contents of several Parisian cemeteries. All information on visits here: parisjetaime.com/culture/catacombes-de-paris-p3536.

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Michael

July 9, 2022

Illuminated labyrinth in a former limestone quarry with millions of eerily arranged skeletons.

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Bumble-Bee

December 28, 2023

At the end of the 18th century, major health problems linked to the city's cemeteries led to the decision to transfer their contents underground. The Parisian authorities chose an easily accessible site, located outside the capital: the old quarries of Tombe-Issoire, under the Montrouge plain. The first evacuations took place from 1785 to 1787 and affected the most important cemetery in Paris, the Saints-Innocents.

The site was dedicated "Municipal Ossuary of Paris" on April 7, 1786 and from that moment appropriated the mythical term "Catacombs", in reference to the catacombs of Rome, an object of public fascination since their discovery. From 1809, the Catacombs became accessible to the public by appointment.

(catacombes.paris.fr/lhistoire)

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Location: Ile-de-France, France

Catacombs of Paris

1. Monument to the Republic – Jardin du Luxembourg loop from Jacques Bonsergent

2. Jardin du Luxembourg – Tour de l'Horloge loop from Mairie de Montrouge

3. Jardin du Luxembourg – Tour Saint-Jacques loop from Porte d'Orléans

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