Archaeological crypt

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The crowds of tourists who besieged the island of Cité and its main attraction - the Cathedral of the Our Lady of Paris, do not differ with great attention to detail and contemplative thoughtfulness . Having stood in line at the cathedral, quickly take pictures, climb the observation deck and continue your way through other city monuments . Unfortunately, not everyone knows that right under the cathedral square, there is a unique museum - a real underground city that has been preserved since the Roman times . At This museum of Crypt is at the porch of Notre Dame or simply the Archaeological Crypt (the crypt is a room for holy relics, which is usually located under the altar or under the choir of the church) .

Visiting this museum is akin to traveling by time machine and in space. Here you immediately feel the crowded streets and antiquity of the walls, which once were the abode of Parisians, so immersion in the atmosphere of antiquity and antiquity is guaranteed. In addition, it's just a great opportunity to see Paris, which has not existed for a long time.

Crypt of the famous Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral was opened to the general public only in 1980 . It happened, it can be said, by the will of fate . In 1965 under the cathedral construction began very banal and prosaic, but necessary - parking was erected here . In the course of the works some ancient ruins and building elements were found . After this, archaeologists who were digging here until 1972 . So much effort and time was spent in vain, the results of have surpassed all the wildest expectations . You can say that the scientists managed to find a real underground city that was surprisingly preserved and is still in this state .

The Dungeon, located under the porch of Notre Dame de -Paris, stretched neither more nor less than 120 m. Thanks to the fact that some of the buildings have survived to this day, the visitors of this museum seem to be plunged into a long-gone epoch. After all, here are the most real streets, some of which were built during the time of the Roman Empire under Emperor Augustus.

It's striking how thoroughly the art of building and organizing communications was mastered by the ancient Romans. Until now, preserved the most complicated system of heating buildings, used in those days.

Visiting this museum is akin to traveling by time and space.

Since the city called Paris (the predecessor of modern Paris) was an important strategic point and served as an outpost on the way of barbarian tribes, here were created the most powerful fortifications . Since the 3rd century, the impenetrable wall of the fortress wall has been preserved . The remains of other social and cultural sites also speak of the great importance of the city - the thermae, the amphitheater, the forum . There are also ruins of later buildings, for example, the Middle Ages, which are not survived to the present day after the rebuilding of the city according to the master plan of Baron Osman .

In addition, the museum can see a lot of maps of the old city, which allows more clearly to compose a picture of how ancient Paris looked like hundreds of years ago . All exhibits are provided with explanatory signs, which makes visiting archaeological crypt even more interesting and cognitive

Archeological Crypt

Address: Place Jean-Paul II, 6. How to get there: the nearest metro stations Cite and St-Michel.

Archaeological Crypt

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