Catacombes de Paris

Created in the late 18th century (1786) in former Gallo-Roman limestone quarries to alleviate Paris overflowing parish cemeteries like Les Innocents. Transferred at night by torchlight.

A solemn subterranean threshold between mortal existence and eternity, walking through the very bedrock that built Parisian palaces above.

Esoteric societies and secret Parisian cults were rumored to hold midnight rituals in unexplored quarry galleries beyond the official public circuit.