Catacombs, Paris, April 1862, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 23.7 x 18.6 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.), Photographs, Nadar (French, Paris 1820–1910 Paris), By the end of the eighteenth century, overcrowded cemeteries in Paris had become a medical problem and city officials began to use the catacombs beneath the streets as a massive burial ground. By 1810 the “city of the dead” had opened to the public and artists soon followed, generating a new interest in the macabre
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