UNDERNEATH the bustling city of Paris lies a maze of abandoned catacombs that are as eerie ... demographic pressure in Paris there was a real financial and ­economic interest in recovering ...

Workers at the historic catacombs of Paris are rebuilding a wall containing remains of martyrs from the French Revolution. The massive underground gravesite houses up to 7 million bodies ...

The catacombs are a network of burial chambers that stretch some 250km (150 miles) beneath the French capital. Only a small section of the catacombs is open to the public. But enthusiasts ...

Not every inch of Paris is as romantic as you think – in fact, the Catacombs are downright chilling. Prior to the creation of the Catacombs in the late 18th century, Parisians buried their dead ...