The bones of nearly six million people lie in the catacombs that have been visited over the centuries, but it is time to rearrange them to preserve the grim legacy of the French capital.
For more than two centuries, tourists have descended beneath the streets of Paris to visit the catacombs, a dank, macabre labyrinth filled with the remains of up to six million Parisians. From floor to ceiling, they are lined with bones, femur to femur, skull to skull, which each year attract 600,000 visitors to the dimly lit tunnels.
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