The Underground World of Paris: Where Revolutionaries, Smugglers, and Caver Enthusiasts Roam

Author: (German) Günter L?rner et al.
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: In the 1980s, Parisian newspapers extensively reported many strange and bizarre tales of the underground world of Paris, and at that time, I sensed that the underground world of Paris must be truly extraordinary. Among these reports were mentions of "underground social evenings," "mysterious festivals and eccentric rituals," as well as some images of young people waving champagne flutes in the dim light of underground caves. This became a trend in Paris at the time, and there is no doubt that it was deliberately manufactured as sensational news by the pleasure-seeking Parisians. This book provides a detailed account of the history of Paris's underground cemeteries and their museums, the underground air raid shelters used by Nazi occupiers, the Paris Metro designed and built to suit local conditions, and the legendary story of the immortal "The Phantom of the Opera."