Dark Secrets in Paris

The group has seven other subterranean sites, he said, refusing to give details. In the eternal night of underground Paris, secrecy is sacrosanct, creating a subculture with its own code and names. Some quarry rooms are covered in paint, irking another breed of subterranean spirits who call themselves urban explorers.

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Cataphiles have haunted the Paris underworld for decades, but the Aug. The cinema seated about 30 people on benches carved from rock — and covered with wood for comfort, according to Kunstmann. The complex included a bar, a restaurant and some annex rooms for privacy. According to Kunstmann, the cinema, finished some 18 months ago, was a renovation of a crude theater built three years ago. A less sensational but more worrisome discovery was made across town, under the high-security La Sante prison.

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There, several tunnels, once shut, were partially reopened. Fears that prisoners were plotting an escape or, worse, that terrorists had invaded the underground set off alarms. There have been no arrests, she said. Rougerie warns of dangers, from thin air that can cause queasiness to cave-ins. He cited cases of people falling into foot-deep wells or getting lost.

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They conduct an ostentatious task of raising charity by cooking and feeding the weak of the community. This raises a question: And what impact will that have on these homeless people, as well as the society of Paris as a whole?

The evil of poverty, wrote Orwell, is not so much that it makes a man suffer as that it rots him physically and spiritually. It is with these recollections of the magnificent and wicked Paris that I seek in all who read this.

We must raise awareness of this situation of poverty with intellectual honesty before being dazzled by the lights or accepting it as the norm; we must seek solutions to help people come out of it, rather than help the poor with food or rely on organisations; and lastly, we must unravel the debate regarding the cause, rather than being completely distracted by the symptoms of the problem.

He is also protesting and demonstrating his curtailment by tying his hands and legs with ropes.

Amatullah and its volunteers, a community organisation, distribute hot food to the homeless people under the bridge by Porte de Bagnolet every Wednesday and Saturday. A soup kitchen organised by the local church with the help of volunteers and community donations. The breakfast consists of a hot drink bread, butter, jam and a yoghurt. The Platform is a groundbreaking blog that provides current affairs and cultural commentary. Unfinished Business in Puerto Rico: I was at a crossroads between two worlds.

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A secret city thrives beneath Paris

Good read ; A Reply. Eating Out with a Difference. The cataphiles have been creating and building their own community within the old quarries and tunnels for years. Some paint art, furnish rooms, or party with fellow tunnel-dwellers, and some visit to simply disconnect from the outside world. At least, that was the case in A gang of French thieves drilled through the limestone walls of the Catacombs into a nearby vault, which was located under an apartment and contained around bottles of vintage wine.

When the bones of the dead were first being taken down into the tunnels via carts in the s, they were simply placed in the tunnels after a priest said a prayer to keep the dead at peace. Workers began arranging the old bones into shapes and decorations, such as hearts and circles, and lined the walls with skulls and various other ghastly remains.

One of the most iconic displays is known as the Barrel. The Barrel is a little more morbid than a traditional support beam, but if it works, it works.

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The practice began in the 19th century , when a Parisian named Monsieur Chambery ventured down into the tunnels and observed a patch of wild mushrooms growing within a chamber. He decided to use the abandoned tunnels to begin growing his own champignon de Paris aka button mushrooms , a practice which was soon recognized and accepted by the Horticultural Society of Paris. Soon, farmers from all around flocked down there to begin farms of their own.