Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City
Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City

Paris Under Paris - The Forbidden City

L20220297
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€37.87

Beneath the City of Light, the fascinating shadow of the underground. Ancient quarries, sewers, the Métro, catacombs — Paris is riddled with tunnels!

The book traces the construction of underground Paris: how the gypsum and limestone terrain was excavated to build the city's buildings and monuments; how the catacombs formed when insalubrious cemeteries were cleared; how Paris finally acquired a sewer system worthy of the name…

The traces of these developments are still present in the subsoil and are the playground of those known as cataphiles. Two of them, among the most experienced, take us on a genuine guided tour of what lies beneath our feet, with previously unpublished photographs and little-known archive material.


 

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Author 1
Gilles Thomas
Author 2
Photographer: Gaspard Duval
Publication date
October 2021
Pages
272
Illustrations
Over 200 photos
Cover
Hardcover
Format
21.7 cm × 27.7 cm
Language
French
Publisher
EPA
EAN
9782376712046

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