Archaeological Crypt Of The Ile De LA Cite

Cool! I had no idea something like this was in Paris.
Thanks for sharing.

Very interesting. Paris has a lot of history buried under the streets.

Thanks for the additional info tdziemia. I wonder how long the loan is. I suspect it's rather "permanent" since the crypt wouldn't be half as good without the coins, and the brochure indicates that Musee Carnavalet runs the websites for this and the catacombs (so it seems like there's a strong connection). They also seemed to go out of their way to not say specifically where the coins came from. I tend to travel without any real agenda, so this was a lucky find. It's very nondescript in the corner of the plaza, I saw the sign saying "crypt" and thought - we have to check this out! What a pleasant find after long lines everywhere else - we walked right in, and there was probably 6 other people in there despite the hundreds of people milling around in the plaza above. No opportunities for selfies in front of a famous landmark, I guess. The history of Paris is all right there, and apparently all road distances in France are measured from the "zero" marker in the plaza above.