An engraved plaque in the catacombs of Paris:

Optima quæque dies miseris mortalibus ævi.
Prima fugit, subeunt morbi, tristisque senectus:
Et labor, et duræ rapit inclementia mortis.
Georg. Virgil.lib III V.66.

The catacombs of Paris are actually municipal ossuaries. In fact, in the late 18th century, Parisian cemeteries were saturated. They moved the dead from mass graves in former quarries under Paris. Thus were born the catacombs of Paris.

A beautiful writing in the second underground level of the quarry of Port Mahon.

Bones of the hospital of the Trinity and St. Denis streets Greneta. On January 6, 1814.

Michael Holley is the architect who designed the district Olympiads in the 70s. This district stretches from the Place d'Italie to the boulevards of the Marshals. The tower Antony and Cleopatra is unusual because it is the only one with an original form. All other towers in the area are rectangular.

The height of the tower is 104 meters. It has 37 floors (official). It largely dominates the surrounding towers.