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Catacombes de Paris + ossusary
A huge network of passages that grew in the belly of Paris. The total length of the running in the tens of kilometers. The initial origin of developments related to the mining of limestone, which is under a thick layer of soil. The average depth of the excavation is about 25 meters. This is far below the level of the Paris sewer and subway. Network moves mainly concentrated in central Paris.
In the underground Paris, there are three separate systems. I was able to visit one of them - Grand Reseau Sud (GRS). Who is going to visit it in the metro station - Denfert Rocherout. It is the famous ossusary - galleries arranged the remains of bones had once buried people. At the end of the XVIII century in connection with the glut of Paris cemeteries (sometimes under one tomb could rest a dozen people at various levels) issued a decree on the reburial of the remains in the blank generation system. Gradually remains disinfected and descended into the underground caves, which were placed along the wall.
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1.Shema catacombs. The winding sections - the old system (end of the XVIII century), direct - a new (mid XIX).
The new system is more monolithic. Hewn stone, straight narrow passages, the trace of which almost coincides with the trace of the streets. There are also branches in backlogs and third-party drifts. There are vent shaft.
The old system is more chaotic, masonry lined the aisle planed, sinuous moves. Here, a large number of branches and backlog. But the most interesting thing in her womb, more on that later.
2. Karst map of underground workings over Paris.
3. By a very narrow spiral staircase down to the mark -10 m. There is a small gallery, and another set to the level ~ minus 25 meters.
4. The first impression is a bit ordinary. I expected to see something in the likeness of suburban systems. All gorazo civility.
5. Some basements standing on top of buildings connected to the system.
6. These corridors flattened tens of meters to a variety of inputs, gradually flowing into one channel (in the shape of Christmas trees)
7. One of the roadways with access to the basement.
8. Often masonry not hewn
9. Earlier this place was a small room, but in the middle of the century he XXogo partially collapsed
10. From another perspective. On the background is visible the door leading into the ventilation shaft connected to the underground, judging by the sound of passing where - the next train.
11. Memorial plaques on the walls display are any events. For example, one of them was related to the completion of the revolution Franztsuzkoy.
12. "Wild" branch.
13. Somewhere in the distance can be seen the silhouette sleeping security guard. As I told, sometimes at such rangers that work is not the only, and they often come in the night.
14. Some tablets engraved with the address of the portion of the surface (reference to the terrain)
15. The black stripes on the arches were painted back in those days, when there were drifts with torches to guide the system.
16. The system of corridors are very low, and sometimes slope ranges up to 5 meters. Sometimes there are very sharp slopes, like this:
17. A small museum of sculptures. Even during active mining, many kamenolomschiki express their creativity in the form of small sculptures and miniature buildings.
18. A miniature replica of the palace of Port Mahon, located on one of the Balearic Islands.
17. The next lifting, transporting us into ossusary.
OSSUSARY
(not previously published)
1. For this kolonnikom begins the most interesting part of the system. Here are the famous Paris cemetery with the burial.
2. Along the walls lined with rows of bones and skulls.
3. Parisians sometimes jokingly referred to the whole system of "deposit Soup»
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6. This is an ordinary well. A bit strange to see it here.
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But behind this door that almost letsnitsey located near the ventilation shaft, combined with a subway tunnel. Distinctly heard a passing train.
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