Paris

Why are there bullet holes in a wall at Père Lachaise cemetery?

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Paris

Why are there 280 kilometres of tunnels under Paris?

The Paris Catacombs are two kilometres of a 280-kilometre quarry network. In 2004 police found a cinema in the tunnels. No one has ever identified who built it.