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These underground ossuaries hold the remains of more than six million people. It was created beginning in 1774 as part of the effort to eliminate the effects of the city's overflowing cemeteries and from 1788, nightly processions of covered wagons transferred remains from most of Paris's cemeteries to a mine shaft.

Credit: Diego Delso

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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

there are still people living there down below

and occasional rave parties too 🤷

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I’d definitely rather live on surface-world… but lee-france ain’t getting any bigger 😉

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Social media is doing an absolute number on that culture.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah… IDK… if you asked me for a literal recipe for “bad trip” I’d be hard pressed to do better than that.

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

“Ah… oue, yew know… jesst have fun wis it!”