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The Catacombs
You don't have to be Goth to enjoy this Parisian ossuary near the famous Place Denfert-Rochereau (check out the statue of the lion!). Of course, not everybody enjoys seeing skulls and other bones pilled up to the top of these tunnels -- this labyrinth -- under Paris -- skulls and bones that had been taken from the Cemetery of the Innocents at Les Halles, and then later, from other cemeteries -- to make room for more burials. The areas in the Catacombs are labeled so that you can see from which cemetary area the bones had been removed. It might not be an attraction for everybody, but if you're looking for a little different tourist attraction, you might want to check out the Catacombs. If you feel safer with a flashlight on hand, you can bring one with you. There's enough light for you to see, but if you feel safer with your duracell powered light deep below the sunlight, feel free to shine your way through the path of these old French skeletons.
The Catacombs
Les Catacombes
Address: 1 avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, Paris, 75014
Telephone: 33 1 43 22 47 63
Open:
Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00 -5:00
Price:
7 euros; free for children under 13
Extras:
A history presentation: The history of Catacombs is packed with stories, history of men, death… and life. Another way to find this place fascinating.
Stories about The Catacombs
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The Catacombs
By BP EditorI’d heard of the Paris Catacombs several times. But something about this dark labyrinth, buzzing with small electric lights throwing shadows against cold, grinning skulls, leading to huge spaces filled with more vacant, gaping eyes, unknowing and unseeing, piled together, cramped and condemned, raising only questions and never revealing answers, reminded me too much of French bureaucracy, so I had avoided it. Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 November 2005 ) -
A Parisian Pet Cemetery
By Linda MatheiuEven though I had heard that there was a pet cemetery on the outskirts of Paris, I was more interested in walking around the cemeteries for people, like Père Lachaise and Montmartre. It was only after a friend talked me into going with her to the pet cemetery that I wondered what had taken me so long. It isn't that difficult or that long of a Métro ride to get there—ust take a short walk from the end of line 13 in Asnières to find the Le Cimetière des Chiens D'Asnières-Sur-Seine. It's in a fantastic location right on the Seine and, although most of the tombstones are very small, it does have the feel of the typical French cemetery. As All Saints Day had occurred a week before my visit, the cemetery was full of yellow chrysanthemums. People had visited the graves of the pets here just as families visited departed relatives in all cemeteries across France. Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 November 2005 )
