catacombs of paris (off-limit area) - 53 photos
Catacombs of Paris (Catacombes de Paris), about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.
This is a part of the 200 Km (130 Miles) network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles".
This is one of my favorite playgrounds, but it's also a dangerous and forbidden place where you can easily get lost.
You can look at several interesting videos of the Catacombs here (videos are in french).
Read this excellent article (in english) on National Geographic about this amazing off-limit underground world.
Those interconnected caves and tunnels are the remnant of antique limestone quarries where the stone was extracted to build the houses of Paris. Part of them are now used to store human bones moved from various old cemeteries around 1790, hence the (incorrect) name "Catacombs".
Only a small section of the Catacombs, called the Ossuary, is opened to the public near Place Denfer-Rochereau in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. Visitors can see the the bones of about 6 millions people filling up large underground chambers. See Les Catacombes de Paris (official website) for more infos.
Salle Z - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Salle Z - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Trou De Service De Mme La Reine - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Trou De Service De Mme La Reine - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Pilier À Bras - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Pilier À Bras - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti Dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantines) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti Dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantines) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti Dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantines) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti Dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantines) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti Dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantine) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti Dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantine) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti Dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantines) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti Dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantines) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Pilier À Bras - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Pilier À Bras - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Cataphile - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Cataphile - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Skull Sculpture - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Skull Sculpture - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Bacchus - Cataphile - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Bacchus - Cataphile - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Etched Stone Plates - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Etched Stone Plates - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Etched Stone Plate - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Etched Stone Plate - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresque Du Dragon - Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresque Du Dragon - Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
M.C. Escher Stairs - Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
M.C. Escher Stairs - Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Fresques De Baptême Des Promotions De l'École Des Mines De Paris - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Bottom of an Access Shaft
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Bottom of an Access Shaft
Stone Carving - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Bar Des Rats
Stone Carving - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Bar Des Rats
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Bar De Rats - Rocco
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Bar De Rats - Rocco
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Bar Des Rats - Julie and Fabienne Cleaning-up a Water Well
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Bar Des Rats - Julie and Fabienne Cleaning-up a Water Well
Carved Plate Indicating Road Name - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Carved Plate Indicating Road Name - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Human Skull - Catacombes De Paris
Human Skull - Catacombes De Paris
Municipalité Du XII-eme Arrondissement - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Municipalité Du XII-eme Arrondissement - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Carved Plate - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Carved Plate - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Cabinet Minéralogique - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Cabinet Minéralogique - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Le Cabinet Minéralogique - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Le Cabinet Minéralogique - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Cabinet Minéralogique - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Cabinet Minéralogique - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Consolidations under the Val-de-Grâce Hospital - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Consolidations under the Val-de-Grâce Hospital - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Vaults - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Vaults - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Plaque Hauteur De l'Escalier Mansart - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Plaque Hauteur De l'Escalier Mansart - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Labyrinthe Du Val-de-Grâce - Cataphiles (Urban Cavers) Lost in the "Maze" under the Val-de-Grâce Hospital - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Labyrinthe Du Val-de-Grâce - Cataphiles (Urban Cavers) Lost in the "Maze" under the Val-de-Grâce Hospital - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti under the Val-de-Grâce Hospital - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Graffiti under the Val-de-Grâce Hospital - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Salle Z
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - Salle Z
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Urban Caver Olrik Writing on Concrete Wall of a Utility Tunnel with a Carbide Lamp (Paris)
Urban Caver Olrik Writing on Concrete Wall of a Utility Tunnel with a Carbide Lamp (Paris)
Carved Plate - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Carved Plate - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Gargoyle - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Gargoyle - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Stone Castle - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Stone Castle - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Rue Des Catacombes - Carved Plate - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Rue Des Catacombes - Carved Plate - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Manhole Cover - Shaft - Ladder - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Manhole Cover - Shaft - Ladder - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Smoked-in Gallery - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Smoked-in Gallery - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Stone Vaults - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris
Stone Vaults - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris
Rue De La Tombe Issoire (Aka Rue St Jacques) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Rue De La Tombe Issoire (Aka Rue St Jacques) - Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - G.O. (Gestapo Des Ondes)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - G.O. (Gestapo Des Ondes)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - La Plage
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - La Plage
Urban Explorer with Head Lights - Libby - Urbex (Paris)
Urban Explorer with Head Lights - Libby - Urbex (Paris)
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - 1786 - Caroline Dagneau
Catacombes De Paris - Catacombs of Paris (Off-limit Area) - 1786 - Caroline Dagneau
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