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The archaeologists also found shoes inside the graves, identifying them by the small nails that would be been in the soles.Ĭolonna said the shoes were placed "either at the feet of the dead or next to them, like an offering". In Greek mythology, Charon is the ferryman of Hades, and the coin was considered a bribe to carry the souls of the dead across the river Styx. Sometimes a coin was placed in the coffin, or even in the mouth of the dead, a common practice at the time called Charon's obol. More than half were buried alongside offerings such as ceramic jugs and goblets. The skeletons were buried in wooden coffins, which were now only identifiable by their nails. The remains of the men, women and children are believed to be Parisii, a Gallic people who lived in Lutetia, from when the town on the banks of the Seine river was under the control of the Roman Empire. The excavation, which began in March, has uncovered 50 graves, all of which were used for burial - not cremation, which was also common at the time. "No one has seen it since antiquity," said INRAP president Dominique Garcia.Īrchaeologists said the discovery would help understand the life of the Parisii nearly two thousand years ago © Thomas SAMSON / AFPĬolonna said the team was also "very happy" to have found a skeleton with a coin in its mouth, allowing them to date the burial to the 2nd century AD. The INRAP team discovered one section that had never before been excavated. The necropolis was then covered over and again lost to time. However, only objects considered precious were taken from the graves, with the many skeletons, burial offerings and other artifacts abandoned. The "Saint Jacques" necropolis, the largest burial site in the Gallo–Roman town of Lutetia, was previously partially excavated in the 1800s. However, plans for a new exit for the train station prompted an archaeological excavation.Ĭamille Colonna, an anthropologist at France's National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), told a press conference that there were already "strong suspicions" the site was close to Lutetia's southern necropolis. This page has been translated from the article fr:Liste de gares de Paris on the French Wikipedia, accessed on August 29, 2006.Somehow the buried necropolis was never stumbled upon during multiple road works over the years, as well as the construction of the Port-Royal station on the historic Left Bank in the 1970s. Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français.Gare du Champ de Mars from the Exposition Universelle of 1878, moved in 1897 to Asnières-sur-Seine ( Gare des Carbonnets), threatened by ruin despite being listed as a historic monument since 1985.Gare de Paris-Gobelins, former freight station, under pavement, visible from the south of Rue Nationale.Gare d'Orsay, converted into the Musée d’Orsay.Gare de Reuilly on the former line Paris-Vincennes.Gare de la Bastille on the former line Paris-Vincennes, demolished to construct the Opéra Bastille.Gare du boulevard Masséna, on RER C, closed Decembecause it was replaced by Bibliothèque François Mitterrand.Abattoirs de Vaugirard, specially for livestock.La Rapée-Bercy, disused classification yardįormer Ouest company "Chemin de fer de Ceinture (Rive Gauche)".Belleville-Villette, also freight station.L’Évangile (formerly Gare de la Chapelle), disused classification yard.Courcelles-Levallois (now used by RER C)įormer rail-company syndicate "Chemin de fer de Ceinture (Rive Droite)".Avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne (now used by RER C).Avenue Henri Martin (now used by RER C).The majority of the stations on this line have been abandoned, though some have been reused.įrom the west clockwise, the stations are:įormer Ouest company "Paris à Auteuil" line The Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture is a line which circled Paris which is no longer in use. Stations no longer used Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture These stations are used only by the RER lines designated. The stations of major lines (the preceding section) which are also stations of the RER are not included. Thalys to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.trains to western and southwestern France.TGV Sud-Est, Rhône-Alpes and Méditerranée, to Spain, Switzerland ( TGV Lyria) and Italy.trains to southeastern France and Languedoc-Roussillon.

trains to eastern France, Germany, and Switzerland.trains to central France, Toulouse and the Pyrenees.All stations connect to stations of the Paris Métro. Austerlitz, Saint-Lazare, Lyon and Nord are also stations on the RER network. These stations are the terminal stations of major lines (trains going beyond the Île-de-France region), and, except for Bercy, the suburban Transilien lines. Railway stations and the respective areas they serve on departure from Paris.