Le catacombe di Parigi sono un lungo labirinto di corridoi bui e umidi lunghi 2 chilometri e ben 20 metri al di sotto del livello stradale. Contengono le ossa di circa 6000 persone morte a Parigi e qui trasferite tra la fine del settecento e la prima metà dell’ottocento, a causa della chiusura dei vari cimiteri cittadini. Il primo fu il famoso Cimitero degli Innocenti, nel 1786, che si trovava nel quartiere Les Halles.
Le ossa e i teschi infiniti sono disposti in cataste dove spesso si distinguono forme decorative. Disseminate ovunque sono iscrizioni che riportano versi poetici, motti, massime sacre e profane che danno motivo di riflessione.
Prima di entrare nell’ossario si incontra il portale con la scritta: “Arrête, c’est ici l’empire de la mort”, all’uscita invece si legge: “NON METUIT MORTEM QUI SCIT CONTEMNERE VITAM”.
official site: catacombes.paris.fr
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