Catacombs vandalized, closed

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Catacombs vandalized, closed Sept 23, 2009 9:31:33 GMT -5

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Post by Darcy on Sept 23, 2009 9:31:33 GMT -5

The carefully piled skulls and other bones in Paris’s Catacombs, a popular tourism site, were violently attacked by vandals last weekend. The damage is so bad that the recently restored ossuary has been closed until further notice, in part because of fears that an avalanche of bones, which have been gathered here from overflowing Parisian cemeteries since the end of the 18th century, might bury visitors. The intruders may have entered through the passageways of the quarries crisscrossing Paris, which are frequented (illegally) by aficionados, ravers and the curious.

(from Paris Update)

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ouiparis Methuselah My Edible Eiffel Posts: 524	Catacombs vandalized, closed Sept 23, 2009 12:43:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ouiparis on Sept 23, 2009 12:43:19 GMT -5 What an utter travesty. It just takes a few idiots to ruin it for the rest of us.

kerouac Senior Member Posts: 311	Catacombs vandalized, closed Dec 4, 2009 18:34:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kerouac on Dec 4, 2009 18:34:47 GMT -5 They are supposed to reopen at the end of December or the beginning of January.
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Post by Darcy on Sept 23, 2009 9:31:33 GMT -5

Post by ouiparis on Sept 23, 2009 12:43:19 GMT -5

Post by kerouac on Dec 4, 2009 18:34:47 GMT -5

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