Catacombs of Paris
The Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries in Paris, France, which hold the remains of more than six million people. Built to consolidate Paris's ancient stone quarries, they extend south from the Barrière d'Enfer former city gate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tomb
- Description: underground ossuary in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Catacombes de Paris” and “The Catacombs of Paris”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paris Observatory and Denfert-Rochereau station.
Paris Observatory
University
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The Paris Observatory, a research institution of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centres in the world. Paris Observatory is situated 310 metres northeast of Catacombs of Paris.
Denfert-Rochereau station
Metro station
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Denfert-Rochereau is a station on the Paris Métro in France. An adjacent station with the same name is served by RER B.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 14th arrondissement and Montparnasse.
14th arrondissement
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Although largely residential, the 14th arrondissement is best known for its northeastern quartier Montparnasse, for the Paris Catacombs and the Parc Montsouris.
Montparnasse
Suburb
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Montparnasse is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.
Catacombs of Paris
- Categories: museum, catacombs, and burial
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Catacombs of Paris” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Katakombet e Parisit”
- Albanian: “katakombet”
- Arabic: “سراديب الموتى في باريس”
- Armenian: “Փարիզի կատակոմբներ”
- Azerbaijani: “Paris katakombaları”
- Azerbaijani: “Paris katakombı”
- Basque: “Parisko katakonbak”
- Belarusian: “Катакомбы Парыжа”
- Bosnian: “Pariske katakombe”
- Bosnian: “Pariške katakombe”
- Bulgarian: “Катакомбите на Париж”
- Bulgarian: “Парижки катакомби”
- Bulgarian: “Парижките катакомби”
- Catalan: “Catacumbes de París”
- Chinese: “巴黎地下墓穴”
- Croatian: “Pariške katakombe”
- Czech: “Catacombes de Paris”
- Czech: “Katakomby”
- Czech: “Pařížské katakomby”
- Danish: “Katakomberne i Paris”
- Dutch: “Catacomben van Parijs”
- Dutch: “Catacomben”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سراديب الموتى فى باريس”
- Esperanto: “Katakombo en Parizo”
- Esperanto: “Katakomboj de Parizo”
- Estonian: “Pariisi katakombid”
- Finnish: “Pariisin katakombit”
- French: “catacombes de Paris”
- French: “Catacombes de Paris”
- Galician: “Catacumbas de París”
- Galician: “Les Catacombes”
- Georgian: “Catacombs”
- German: “Katakomben von Paris”
- Greek: “Κατακόμβες του Παρισιού”
- Hebrew: “הקטקומבות של פריז”
- Hungarian: “Párizsi katakombák”
- Indonesian: “Catacombs of Paris”
- Indonesian: “Katakomba Paris”
- Irish: “Catacómaí Pháras”
- Italian: “Catacombe di Parigi”
- Japanese: “カタコンブ・ド・パリ”
- Korean: “카타콤 드 파리”
- Korean: “파리 카타콤”
- Korean: “파리의 카타콤”
- Luxembourgish: “Katakombe vu Paräis”
- Macedonian: “Катакомби на Париз”
- Macedonian: “Париски катакомби”
- Malay: “Catacombs of Paris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Katakombene i Paris”
- Norwegian: “Katakombene i Paris”
- Occitan (post 1500): “turque”
- Persian: “استودان پاریس”
- Persian: “دخمه مردگان پاریس”
- Polish: “Katakumby Paryża”
- Portuguese: “Catacumbas de Paris”
- Romanian: “Catacombele Parisului”
- Russian: “Катакомбы Парижа”
- Russian: “Парижские катакомбы”
- Serbian: “Париске катакомбе”
- Slovenian: “pariške katakombe”
- Spanish: “Catacumbas de Paris”
- Spanish: “Catacumbas de París”
- Spanish: “Las Catacumbas de Paris”
- Spanish: “Las Catacumbas de París”
- Swedish: “Katakomberna i Paris”
- Swedish: “Paris katakomber”
- Turkish: “Paris Yeraltı Mezarlığı”
- Ukrainian: “Катакомби Парижа”
- Urdu: “پیرس کا کیٹا کومب”
- Vietnamese: “Hầm mộ Paris”
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