In Paris, you can spend the night in "the largest tomb in the world"

Popular site Airbnb, where to place ads on the search and short-term rentals of private accommodation all over the world made an unusual offer for tourists coming to Paris - night in "the largest tomb in the world", the famous Parisian katakombah.V ad at the website states that Winners of the competition, dedicated to Halloween, will be the first guests, spend the night in the catacombs in which are buried the remains of more than six million people.

However, opposition politicians in the city council of Paris called Mayor Anne Hidalgo's not forget about the French law, which says that "respect for the human body does not end after the death of the man».

Website has decided to show that the guests will see the catacombs of Paris in the case of the implementation of these plans.

First of all, a niche with millions stacked in their old bones.





Only a small part of the Parisian catacombs open to the public. This horizon is located at a depth of about 20 meters and has a length of no more than 2 km.

Visitors here meets the inscription: "Stop! Here, the kingdom of death ».

Overcrowded cemeteries h2>



With the end of the XVIII century to the middle of the XIX century Parisian authorities gradually transferred under the land remains with the crowded city cemeteries. Locals feared epidemics, and also believed that the dead are buried in the ground, make sour milk and lead to spoilage of wine.

The first cemetery closed for these reasons, it was the cemetery of the Innocents in 1786.





Catacombs of Paris, there are about two thousand years. The Romans began to mine the underground limestone and gypsum, which went to build houses.

In 1774 there was another failure of the caverns, because of what was destroyed part of the house. And then King Louis XVI ordered to make a map of the Paris catacombs. Most of the caves remains closed to the public since 1955.

However, more than 250 km of tunnels and underground rooms, which are officially closed to the well-known lovers of speleologists. They can penetrate many hidden passages from basements, subway stations and the sewerage system.

Underground secrets h2> Catacombs hide many secrets. In 2004, police found a secret cinema equipped with large sliding screen TV, a bar and a room for a few dozen places.





In the catacombs sometimes arrange art exhibitions, theater performances and even parties.

Lovers of Parisian dungeons call themselves "katafilami." Agence France-Presse reported that the service Airbnb paid 350 thousand euros for the rent of the catacombs for one night.

The company promises to arrange a two night concert guests and tell tales at bedtime.

Guests are asked not "chasing ghosts in the underground galleries».



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