The Catacombs Of Paris: One Of The Creepiest Places To Visit

The catacombs of Paris is one of the creepiest and most interesting places that you can visit. It has a unique history with its interesting story. The catacombs are an unidentified tribute to millions of unknown, deceased Parisians, full of the human femur bone, skeletons, and other bones, heaped in bizarrely elegant, orderly exhibits and recounted by death rhymes and epigrams.

Before the French Revolution, they were utilized as burial sites to prevent the disease from spreading due to overcrowding in graves in the 17th century. Guillotine martyrs and others were laid here during the French Revolution, including leaders like Robespierre, Lavoisier, and Danton, executed in 1794. Many of the identities of the 6 million Parisians laid in the underground passages have been lost in history.

The story of the Paris Catacombs actually begins in the late eighteenth century, when officials began to recognize that traditional city cemeteries had become putrid, overflowing, un-hygienic messes