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Beneath the gilded bridges and romantic boulevards of Paris lies a shadow city: a 300-kilometer labyrinth of limestone tunnels housing the remains of six million people. This book explores the Paris Catacombs not merely as a macabre tourist attraction, but as the literal and figurative foundation of the French capital. The narrative traces the city's origins from a 47-million-year-old prehistoric sea to the catastrophic 18th-century street collapses that forced a radical engineering response. It details the convergence of two crises—failing quarries and toxic, overflowing cemeteries—that led to the creation of the world’s largest municipal ossuary. Beyond the bones, the work examines the human layers of the underground: the architect who transformed a charnel dump into a philosophical monument, the Resistance fighters who planned the Liberation of Paris from the dark, and the modern-day 'cataphiles' who seek freedom in the illegal tunnels. By weaving together geology, forensic pathology, and urban sociology, the book argues that the 'City of Light' is only fully legible when one understands the 'Empire of the Dead' supporting it from below.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Beneath the gilded bridges and romantic boulevards of Paris lies a shadow city: a 300-kilometer labyrinth of limestone tunnels housing the remains of six million people. This book explores the Paris Catacombs not merely as a macabre tourist attraction, but as the literal and figurative foundation of the French capital. The narrative traces the city's origins from a 47-million-year-old prehistoric sea to the catastrophic 18th-century street collapses that forced a radical engineering response. It details the convergence of two crises-failing quarries and toxic, overflowing cemeteries-that led to the creation of the world's largest municipal ossuary. Beyond the bones, the work examines the human layers of the underground: the architect who transformed a charnel dump into a philosophical monument, the Resistance fighters who planned the Liberation of Paris from the dark, and the modern-day 'cataphiles' who seek freedom in the illegal tunnels. By weaving together geology, forensic pathology, and urban sociology, the book argues that the 'City of Light' is only fully legible when one understands the 'Empire of the Dead' supporting it from below. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798181493117
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