Nadar, die Katakomben von Paris. Die letzte Galerie., 1861

Gaspard Felix Tournachon, also known as Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist and balloonist. He was born in Paris on 6 April 1820 and died in Paris on 21 March 1910. Nadar was one of the pioneers of photography in France and is best known for his portraits of famous people, including Victor Hugo, George Sand and Charles Baudelaire. He was also the first person to take aerial photographs from a balloon. Nadar's work had a major influence on the development of photography as an art form.

A network of underground tunnels on the site of ancient Roman quarries near Paris, part of an ancient tunnel system covering 800 hectares. Between the late 18th and mid-19th centuries, the remains of some 6 million people were brought here as part of an effort to relieve overcrowded city cemeteries. The total area of the underground cemetery is 11,000 m2. Today the catacombs are part of the Carnavale Museum and part of the site is open to the public. More than 500,000 people visit the catacombs every year.