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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  • Museum
  • …is not wheelchair accessible
  • Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 9:45 AM–8:30 PM
  • Description: underground ossuary in Paris, France
  • Address: 1 Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol Tanguy, Paris, 75014
  • Also known as
    “Catacombes de Paris”
    “The Catacombs of Paris”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Paris Observatory and Denfert-Rochereau station.
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The , a research institution of the… is situated 360 metres northeast of Catacombs of Paris.
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is a railway station in Paris. is situated 110 metres southeast of Catacombs of Paris.
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 14th arrondissement and Faubourg Saint-Jacques.
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Although largely residential, the …
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is a quarter.
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is an area in the south of , …

Catacombs of Paris

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Latitude
48.83374° or 48° 50′ 2″ north
Longitude
2.33229° or 2° 19′ 56″ east
Open location code
8FW4R8MJ+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 493870538
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q28924

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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: “파리 카타콩브”
  • 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”
  • Turkish: “Paris Yeraltı Mezarlıkları”
  • Ukrainian: “Катакомби Парижа”
  • Urdu: “پیرس کا کیٹا کومب”
  • Vietnamese: “Hầm mộ Paris”

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