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Holy Innocents' Cemetery

12th-century establishments in France1780s disestablishments in FranceCemeteries in ParisHistory of ParisRoman Catholic cemeteries in France
Saints Innocents 1550 Hoffbauer
Saints Innocents 1550 Hoffbauer

The Holy Innocents' Cemetery (French: Cimetière des Saints-Innocents or Cimetière des Innocents) is a defunct cemetery in Paris that was used from the Middle Ages until the late 18th century. It was the oldest and largest cemetery in Paris and had often been used for mass graves. It was closed because of overuse in 1780, and in 1786 the remaining corpses were exhumed and transported to the unused subterranean quarries near Montparnasse known as the Catacombs. The place Joachim-du-Bellay in the Les Halles district now covers the site of the cemetery. The cemetery took its name (referring to the Biblical Massacre of the Innocents) from the attached church of the Holy Innocents that was demolished at the same time as the cemetery was cleared.

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Holy Innocents' Cemetery
Place Joachim du Bellay, Paris Quartier Les Halles (Paris)

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N 48.860555555556 ° E 2.3477777777778 °
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Fontaine des Innocents

Place Joachim du Bellay
75001 Paris, Quartier Les Halles (Paris)
Ile-de-France, France
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