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Originally, the street leading to [[Saint-Denis]] - outside the ramparts of the Roman capital which mainly occupied the left bank - served as the city's | [[File:ACUDB - Cimetiere des Saints-Innocents.png|250px|right]] | ||
--<br> | Originally, the street leading to [[Saint-Denis]] - outside the ramparts of the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] capital which mainly occupied the left bank - served as the city's cemetery.<br /> | ||
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Just to say: you're about to read my favourite historical nickname of all time.<br> | --<br /> | ||
--<br> | <nowiki>*</nowiki> Just to say: you're about to read my favourite historical nickname of all time.<br /> | ||
Louis VI the Fat, who had already overseen the construction of Les Halles, had Saint-Innocents built in 1130. Its | --<br /> | ||
[[Louis VI of France|Louis VI the Fat]], who had already overseen the construction of [[Les Halles]], had Saint-Innocents built in 1130. Its [[Holy Innocents' Cemetery|cemetery]] would become the cemetery of all the churches of [[Paris]], which made for an unprecedented concentration of dead bodies: a plague epidemic could bring about thousands of deaths in the space of just a few weeks. In the 1400s improvements were made, partly paid for and designed by [[Nicolas Flamel]]. The whole was overseen by a macabre mural of the Dance of Death. Just prior to the [[French Revolution|Revolution]], the bodies were disinterred and moved to the [[Catacombs of Paris|catacombs]] beneath Paris. | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:03, 28 December 2017
Originally, the street leading to Saint-Denis - outside the ramparts of the Roman capital which mainly occupied the left bank - served as the city's cemetery.
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* Just to say: you're about to read my favourite historical nickname of all time.
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Louis VI the Fat, who had already overseen the construction of Les Halles, had Saint-Innocents built in 1130. Its cemetery would become the cemetery of all the churches of Paris, which made for an unprecedented concentration of dead bodies: a plague epidemic could bring about thousands of deaths in the space of just a few weeks. In the 1400s improvements were made, partly paid for and designed by Nicolas Flamel. The whole was overseen by a macabre mural of the Dance of Death. Just prior to the Revolution, the bodies were disinterred and moved to the catacombs beneath Paris.