These underground ossuaries hold the remains of more than six million people. It was created beginning in 1774 as part of the effort to eliminate the effects of the city's overflowing cemeteries and from 1788, nightly processions of covered wagons transferred remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft.
Credit: Diego Delso
13 Comments
merde@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 233d
there are still people living there down below
and occasional rave parties too š¤·
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 233d
Social media is doing an absolute number on that culture.
sramder@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 233d
Yeahā¦ IDKā¦ if you asked me for a literal recipe for ābad tripā Iād be hard pressed to do better than that.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 233d
Hadnāt considered that.
sramder@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 233d
IDKā¦ I can imagine it being a bit different if you go into the situation prepared for the bone-dance (Giggedy)ā¦ I had a German friend, Mark, in art school who was a crazy alcoholic ā genuinely a great guy, but weāre talking about taking down a 24 pack of beer in hours āwho (drunkenly) insisted that the whole point of ecstasy was that you could ordinarily only drink one case of beer by yourself, but āOn E, PEEEEEETEEEE! No listen to me!!! Peteā¦ on Eā¦ you can drink twooooo cases!ā
Point being; raver culture might be a bit different over there.
humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 233d
Its not like there's a refreshment tent. Its a catacomb
sramder@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 233d
Still a raveā¦ someoneās selling water for $20 a bottle. Maybe even a very expensive bottle of champagneā¦ crap. Now I have to both remember what that 90ās movie was called and watch it again š
sramder@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 233d
Iād definitely rather live on surface-worldā¦ but lee-france aināt getting any bigger š
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 233d
They're currently closed!
merde@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 233d
they don't use the official entrance ;)
sramder@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 233d
āAhā¦ oue, yew knowā¦ jesst have fun wis it!ā
lemmy_at_em@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 233d
As Above, So Below
humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 233d
I counted 94 skulls