Catacombs of Paris

The Catacombs of Paris are underground in , , 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.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 9:45 AM—8:30 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: underground ossuary in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “Catacombes de Paris” and “The Catacombs of Paris”
  • Address: 1 Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol Tanguy, Paris, 75014
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Paris Observatory and Denfert-Rochereau station.

University
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The , a research institution of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, one of the largest astronomical centres in the world, and the world’s oldest observatory still in operation. is situated 360 metres northeast of Catacombs of Paris.

Railway station
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is a railway station in Paris. It was one of the first stations of the French railway network, and is still in use as a station of Paris' RER line B. is situated 110 metres southeast of Catacombs of Paris.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 14th arrondissement and Montparnasse.

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Although largely residential, the is best known for its northeastern quartier Montparnasse, for the Paris Catacombs and the Parc Montsouris.

Suburb
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is an area in the south of , , on the of the river , centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Catacombs of Paris

Latitude
48.83374° or 48° 50′ 2″ north
Longitude
2.33229° or 2° 19′ 56″ east
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Wiki­data ID
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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”
  • French: “Les 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”
  • Japanese: “カタコンブ”
  • 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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