Musée · 14e

Catacombes de Paris

The Catacombs of Paris, a term used to name the municipal ossuary, are originally part of the old underground quarries located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, linked together by inspection galleries.

They were converted into a municipal ossuary at the end of the 18th century with the transfer of the remains of roughly six million people, evacuated from various Parisian cemeteries until 1861 for public health reasons. They then took on the misleading name "catacombs," by analogy with the underground necropolises of ancient Rome, although they never officially served as a burial site. Wikipedia ↗

BMO archives since

1927

Deliberations 1999–2013

No subsidy, investment or public contract could be tied to this place in the open data: day-to-day running costs (upkeep, staff) are not broken down by place. Only subsidies to an operator, investment projects and public contracts that name the place appear here.

Key moments

NOVEMBER 1999First major electrical works debated in sessionThe Council authorized the Mayor to sign the contract for modernizing the museum's electrical installations; in session, a councillor from the U.D.F. group expressed surprise at the use of an outside engineering firm.

OCTOBER 2009Reopening after the ossuary was vandalizedAfter the ossuary was vandalized on 12 September, the Council examined access changes allowing it to reopen; the deputy mayor put security-related spending since 2004 at close to 700,000 €.

OCTOBER 2009Rates aligned with the City's museumsThe Council abolished the Catacombs' specific rates and aligned them with the City's museum pricing scale, effective 26 October 2009.

FEBRUARY 2013Repeated closures of an underground siteA motion from the U.D.I. group pointed to repeated closures (electrical, ventilation, falling bones); the deputy mayor replied by detailing two recent closures.

See 3 more moments

OCTOBER 2003Replacing the grilles along the visitor circuitThe Council approved the principle of works to replace the grilles along the visitor circuit and authorized the Mayor to sign the contract.

JULY 2006The admission ticket set at 7 eurosThe Council set admission prices for the Catacombs at 7.00 € full price and 5.50 € reduced price.

MAY 2007Improving fire safety and evacuation at the museumThe Council approved the principle of fire-detection works and commissioning an emergency staircase at the museum.

AI reading of 8 documents out of the 66 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

In the Municipal Bulletin

Read the 3 citations in the municipal bulletin archives (Gallica)