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Catacombs beneath Paris

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Date

1857

Artist

Henry Joseph Moule (1825-1904)

Collective Title

H.J. Moule "In France 1857"

Collection

Dorset County Museum

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

Mounted on page 58. An underground chamber, a passage on the right disappears into the distance. In the centre a large block of stone rises from the floor to the ceiling, on it is set a cross of skulls, there is an inscription on the base of the stone. Inscriptions: [on mount bottom left] "In the Catacombs of Paris".

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image © Dorset County Museum

Location

Catacombs of Paris, Paris, France

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Tags

Interiors
Tombs

Category

Buildings & Architecture

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