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Paris Catacombs: Bones from the Madeleine Cemetery

The Madeleine Cemetery, which stood in the 8th Arrondissement in Paris, was one of four where victims of the guillotine were buried during the French Revolution. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were buried there temporarily, but now they lie at the Basilica of St. Denis.

The cemetery was named for Mary Magdalene. It opened in 1720 and closed in 1794, purportedly because it was full.  Among those buried there were 130 victims of a fireworks accident at the engagement of the dauphin to Marie Antoinette, the Swiss Guards who were killed at the Tuileries, Charlotte Corday, and Madame du Barry, among others. It’s hard to know for certain how many people were actually buried there.

The Paris Catacombs hold the remains of an estimated 6 million people.