Image of sheet 19920600 photo 5: Swiss Esther Woerdehoff photo galery owner and colectioner, in den Katakomben in Paris, 09.92 1992 √ french France The Catacombs of Paris or Catacombes de Paris are an underground ossuary in Paris, France. Located south of the former city gate (the "Barrière d'Enfer" at today's Place Denfert-Rochereau), the ossuary holds the remains of about six million people and fills a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of Paris's stone mines. Opened in the late 18th century, the underground cemetery became a tourist attraction on a small scale from the early 19th century, and has been open to the public on a regular basis from 1874. Following an incident of vandalism, they were closed to the public in September 2009 and reopened 19 December of the same year

Sheet 19920600 Photo 5

Color: Black & White
Type: Positive, Negative, Digital
Formats: 18x24
Country: Frankreich
Region: Paris
Place: Paris
Date: Sep 6, 1992