The catacombs of Paris,all the secrets and pictures!

Paris is always the city of love,romance and fashion,but also called "CITY of BONES"city of lies all in the catacombs which lie hundreds of thousands of bones, so here we go:
Paris catacombs is perhaps the darkest place in the whole capital,it is the landmark of Paris,in the catacombs are stored on the memory whole centuries! The main part of the tunnels discovered during the time of French king Philip Augustus who ruled from 1180-1223 year when the limestone used for the construction of the protective walls.
The total area of the tunnels is about 11 thousand sq. m. the First limestone began under Louis XI who gave the land of his castle.
In the underground galleries of Chaillot at the world exhibition in Paris (1878), was opened a cafe "the Catacombs". Many say that not to visit this place is simply impossible In the dungeons of the capital grow mushrooms, which is the favorite product in the national cuisine of France. The famous writer Victor Hugo created the greatest of the epic novel "Les Miserables", the plot of which is closely associated with the underground world of Paris. During the Second world war, the quarry was used by the leaders of the French Resistance. In the summer of 1944 there was organized by the headquarters, which was located only 500 metres from the secret bunker of the Nazis. In the era of the cold war and the threat of nuclear attack some of the tunnels of the dungeons were converted into bomb shelters. "Paris catacombs" is a film, one of the few who was not on the set, and directly in the dungeons.
The entrance to the Paris catacombs is located next to the metro station "Denfert Rochereau". A landmark sculpture of a lion. The catacombs are open daily except Monday from 10.00 to 17.00. The price is 8-10 euros children up to 14 years stay free of charge. Currently available to visitors of the galleries with total length of 2.5 kilometers. There are also closed areas, threat to visit. In November 1955, in Paris, a law was published prohibiting the stay in these places. And since 1980 over compliance with these rules is monitored by the police. Underground galleries with a narrow and low have a complex maze of passages,where it is easy to get lost.In 1793 the watchman of the Church of Val de grace was trying to find in the stone quarries of ancient wine cellars, but lost.His remains were found only after many years, knowing the poor guy at the keys and remaining clothes.