Catacombs

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Catacombes de Paris

Plaques inscribed with philosophical or religious scriptures in French and Latin
Some plaques indicate where the interred bones originated from.
One of the more unique patterns
A structural column encircled by bones

The stairs leading out of the catacombs

The Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries housing the remains of over six million people in a small part of the ancient limestone mines of Paris. The ossuary was founded to handle overflowing cemeteries in the 1780s.

At a cafe that Tammy quite liked after visiting the catacombs