The catacombs at Denfert Rochereau Paris France
Overflowing and poorly maintained cemeteries in Paris in the 18th Century caused disease so it was decided to move all human remains to an existing system of tunnels underground Opened to the public for the first time in the early 19th Century the claustrophobic and dank tunnels remain as the most macabre tourist experience imaginable
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