The Other Face of Paris: Subterranean Graveyard

The most oldest and the most strongest in the earth, one of the piece of that rich world’s only one part is mysterious subterranean of Paris. Underneath of Paris has all sorts of places: canals and water depot, gravery in the church and bank safe boxes, old limestone stock quarry, night clup and wine vaults which has used as an art gallery.

That tunnels and caves had digged ejecting stone for use in buildings in 19. century later farmers were feed mushroom. Moreover, farmers were reached hundreds of tones per year, at that time. During the 2. World War, French resisters were hidden theirselves in some of stock quarry in Paris although Germans were built shelters in the others. Nowadays in that tunnels in Paris, members of the other mysterious group go on a pleasure trip who end days and nights in that area. At that time, that group of people are footloose who has no leader: “cataphiles”. Subterranean lovers of Paris.

Entering quarry has forbidden since 1955 so cataphiles especially consist of the youthes who want to escape terrestrial and its rules. Old people said that: Paris resistant tradition has fed punk culture while 70’s and 80’s. At that time, ait is easy to get down because that quarries has so many open doors. Some of cataphiles discover the door basement of schools which was forgetten afterwards they get into tunnels by crawling which is full of bones.

Louis spits fire in a old stone quarry who is a fire dancer from Paris.

Under the Opéra Garnier is old opera building has metro and also a pool. In 1860’s while building was constructed, opera workers fed big fishes with mussels. It was done for safing constructing site.

One of municipality inspector getting down to examine to stone quarry. Cave-in or sunken could done in tunnels.

Catacombs of Paris lie down skulls, shinbones and thighbones, well arranged. In 18. and 19. Century, the municipality removed so many skeleton from their grave and in night moved it old stone quarry.

Some of 6 million people in Paris catacombs, epitaph is shown us where buried the first people and skulls are also on the epitaph: Innocents Graveyard. In the centre of Paris, who known as “Les Halles” which was removed and as soon as people. Human remains are approximately thousand years old. After that, the other bones from the other graveyard was put in there. The big enlightened person’s bones like Rabelais and Robespierre from France are there according to some guesses.

People live in Paris are going down everyday on 18. Arrondisement’s Lamarck-Caulaincourt Station. But, people get down who want to live deepest experience, they join to walk trip who visit “the ghost station” from time to time. It is also noteworthy range of experience for everybody.

Yopie and Dominique who are the “cataphiles”, scuba diving into stone quarry which is water-logged. Then, they climb upward on the abandoned train rail. Cataphiles also love freedom so they prefer the underground and irregularity.

Chez Georges’s cellar in Saint-Germain-des-Pres’s arched ceiling is an other cataphiles meeting places in Paris. People meet in there where was a wine cellar in Paris.

Fire are flying in entertainment night on the Notre Dame in the Ile de la Cite. Some of limestone blocks of the cathedral in Paris which built in 12. Century have been taken left side’s stone quarry. Marc Vire is archaeologist , he said that: history of stone quarry is a city history.

Book Meeting in a stone quarry, artist Michel Chevereau and writer Jack Manini sign theirselves comic books. The book define the Paris in occupancy of Nazis.

Paris’ underground world is the most strongest and different connection than the other cities.. This world is very rich. You also join that adventures when you go to visit Paris consequently you can see the other mysterious face of Paris.