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Crypt of the Passion - a clandestine concert took place here in April 1897

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100 prominent guests were invited to a clandestine concert here on April 2, 1897. At midnight, a 45-strong orchestra from the Paris Opera performed pieces like the Chopin's Funeral March and Danse Macabre. The two attendants who let this happen were fired!
[Catacombes - Place Denfert-Rochereau - Paris]