Catacombes de Paris

ID: 24 ~ Source: Wikimedia Commons. File. “Nadar-Catacombes de Paris- NPS 10.jpg”. Accessed March 28, 2019.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nadar_-_Catacombes_de_Paris_-_NPS_10.jpg
~ Creator: Nadar ~ Date: 1861

This file appears in: The Parisian Catacombs: Skeletons of a City

A worker in the catacombs. This image is a good example of the disorganized jumble of bones behind the neat facade seen when walking through today.

This file appears in: The Parisian Catacombs: Skeletons of a City

The Parisian Catacombs: Skeletons of a City

By Danielle Cooke

In a city where people come to live life to the fullest, a chilling reminder of mortality rests just beneath the surface.