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  2. Catacombs of Paris - Wikipedia

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    Entrance to the Catacombs. As one visits the catacombs, a sign above reads Arrête! C'est ici l'empire de la Mort ("Stop! The empire of Death lies here"). [22] The Catacombs of Paris became a curiosity for more privileged Parisians from their creation, an early visitor being the Count of Artois (later Charles X of France) in 1787. Public visits ...

  3. Ossuary - Wikipedia

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    A more recent example is the Douaumont ossuary in France, which contains the remains of more than 130,000 French and German soldiers that fell at the Battle of Verdun during World War I. The Catacombs of Paris represents another famous ossuary. The catacombs beneath the Monastery of San Francisco in Lima, Peru also contain an ossuary. [10]

  4. Dark tourism - Wikipedia

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    The Catacombs of Paris have become a popular site for thanatourism, and guided tours are frequently held in small areas of the complex of tunnels and chambers. Dark tourism (also thanatourism, black tourism, morbid tourism, or grief tourism) has been defined as tourism involving travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy. [1]

  5. Catacombe dei Cappuccini - Wikipedia

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    The catacombs were maintained through donations from the relatives of the deceased. Each new body was placed in a temporary niche and later placed into a more permanent location. So long as contributions continued, the body remained in its proper place but if relatives stopped sending money, the body was put aside on a shelf until they resumed ...

  6. Catacombs of Rome - Wikipedia

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    James Stevenson, The Catacombs: Life and Death in Early Christianity, Thomas Nelson, 1985; Jocelyn Toynbee, Death and Burial in the Roman World, JHU Press, 1996 reprint, ISBN 0801855071, 9780801855078, google books; John Harvey Treat, The Catacombs of Rome; and a History of the Tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul, The Old Corner Bookstore, 1907

  7. Mummies of Guanajuato - Wikipedia

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    Author Ray Bradbury visited the catacombs of Guanajuato with his friend Grant Beach [4] and wrote the short story "The Next in Line" about his experience. In the introduction to The Stories of Ray Bradbury he wrote the following about this story: "The experience so wounded and terrified me, I could hardly wait to flee Mexico. I had nightmares ...

  8. Capuchin Crypt - Wikipedia

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    Capuchin Crypt in Rome, Italy Capuchin Crypt. The Capuchin Crypt is a small space comprising several tiny chapels located beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini on the Via Veneto near Piazza Barberini in Rome, Italy.

  9. Catacombs - Wikipedia

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    Catacombs, although most notable as underground passageways and cemeteries, also house many decorations. There are thousands of decorations in the centuries-old catacombs of Rome, catacombs of Paris, and other known, some of which include inscriptions, paintings, statues, ornaments, and other items placed in the graves over the years.