Making Space for the Dead Catacombs Cemeteries and the Reimagining of Paris From 1780 to 1830

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The author spent 10 years researching the Paris catacombs. Her book is called a Making Space for the Dead Catacombs Cemeteries and the reimagining of Paris from 1780 to 1830. She also writes about cemeteries in the late 18th century which she finds fascinating.

Let’s get spooky. Venture below Parisian streets and into the catacombs: hundreds of miles of subterranean tunnels housing millions of human skeletons, some fashioned into sculpture. Alie tracked down Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey – author of “Making Space for the Dead,” professor of French history and one of the world’s foremost experts on this eerie place. We chat about everything from miasmas to sinkholes, boggling cemetery history, smells, skulls, hidden chambers, (very) underground parties, and how we view our bodies post-life. Also: Alie takes a trip to see them herself.

Dr. Legacy’s book, “Making Space for the Dead: Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830” on Bookshop.org and Amazon

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