327 Comments for Paris Catacombs

My brother lived in Georgetown DC in a row house. There was a very small park like area behind the home. The park like area was a mass grave from the 1918 flu epidemic. With diseases that are contagious even after the person dies, mass graves are the only choice. The city of Washington wanted to take the property and build on it. My brother and his partner joined the group fighting to prevent this. At the time of both of their deaths (1992) they had won the fight, but who knows what has been going on since then.

As harsh as it is, when a person dies they are just a rotting body full of bones. Its the living that cares what happens to the dead. The dead don't care. They're dead.

What a dull life I lead compared to you sir !!!

Can´t get over how incredibly brave + cool it is to crawl around down there in pitch blackness, with flashlights and maps - in awe - Motts the Best really! Thanks.

Thank you so much, Binky. That was a good thread.
Bones, skeletons and sculls artistically arranged is quite impressive + lofty.
Maybe they never had time to do this in Paris, too many died too fast?
But there are some arranged beautifully, though, in the catacombs.

Yes - absolutely fantastic pictures, and a very captivating + intriguing place too; Thank you so much, Motts - never in my life thought i would see this and find it so enthralling + fascinating + gruesome + uncanny. Can´t stop looking, and thinking about the catacombs.
Great comments, thanks, all!

A disco ball, seriously! Almost makes me want to play Saturday Night Fever!

Yeah I think it would kind of suck to have the Eiffel Tower, or a "Jacque En le Boix" come crashing down on top of me while I was down there.

To the left of Squarebob Spongepants, it looks like someones butt in an entrance to a passageway.

LMAO Darlene!

Absolutely awesome!

That looks like the entrance to a dungeon in an old castle.

I just read about Philibert Aspairt, here's the link to Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.o...ki/Philibert_Aspairt

Places like this fascinate me, but I would have nightmares for the rest of my life if I went in there.

Literally a "Dead End"..... I love photographing old buildings and such, but I could never go somewhere like that. You're incredibly brave Mr. Motts!