by Adil | 9:36 PM in
archaeologists,
architecture,
catacombs,
cemeteries,
cemetery,
museum,
paris,
the dead,
the paris,
The Paris underground ossuary and the huge network of passages,
tunnels,
underground
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The Paris underground ossuary and the huge network of passages, sprawling in the belly of Paris. The total length of the strokes in the tens of kilometers. The initial origin of the workings associated with the extraction of limestone, is under a large layer of soil. The average depth of excavation is about 25 meters. This is far below the level of the Paris sewers and subway. Network moves mostly concentrated in central Paris.Scheme of the catacombs. The winding sections - the old system (end of XVIII century), direct - a new (mid-XIX). The new system is more monolithic. Hewn stones, straight narrow passages, tracing which almost coincides with the trace of the streets. There is also a branch in the groundwork and third-party drifts. Provided for ventilation. mine. The old system is more chaotic, masonry laid out along the passage is not squared, sinuous moves. Here is a great number of branches and backlog. But the interesting thing in her belly, about it later.
