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The Catacombs of Paris: The History of the City's Underground Ossuaries and Burial Network

The Catacombs of Paris: The History of the City's Underground Ossuaries and Burial Network

Paperback

French History

ISBN10: 1086159667
ISBN13: 9781086159660
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 29 2019
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.10 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts
*Includes a bibliography for further reading
In the late 18th century, as political unrest stirred in the heart of Paris, local residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the city's urban cemeteries faced a pressing crisis: the putrefying stink of rotting corpses, many of which were likely friends and family members, crept into every house and business due to overflowing burial grounds. The city's population had long since outgrown its centuries-old cemeteries, and mass graves packed tightly with corpses lay open for months at a time, sometimes upwards of a year, as they waited for more bodies to join. Before long, over-filled charnel houses spilled bones into their neighboring churches.

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