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.

Quarries of Paris

Quarries of Paris

Quarries of Paris

Quarries of Paris

Quarries of Paris

The great market (bon marché) is emblematic of all famous stores in Paris. Established in 1838, it wont last to be the first big store, a new commercial concept where the selling volume prevail over gross margin. The LVMH consortium bought the great market in 1984 and started to make agressive ads, coupled to a new commercial target: High luxury.

When the same consortium bought the Samaritaine, the intention wasn't the same...

note: Emile Zola, a famous french writer inspired from this universe to write "Au bonheur des dames".

The flying buttresses of Notre-Dame de Paris.

The small ring of Paris just before the sun rises ...

A technical galery connected to an railway abandonned (the loop) around Paris.