Cataphile
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Cataphiles are urban explorers who illegally tour the Mines of Paris, a term popularly used to describe a series of tunnels that were built as a network of stone mines, which are no longer used. The C
A partially flooded section of rue de la Voie Verte
Les UX
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The UX is an underground organization of urban explorers who improve hidden corners of Paris. Their work includes undercover efforts to repair and restore the Panthéon's clock, building a cinema — com
Cataphile
…valuables, to hold unusual parties, or simply as urban explorers. In September 2004, the French police discovered an underground movie theater run by les UX — a French artistic movement that seeks to convey their ideas using underground places. Cataphiles often descend for a day, a night, or perhaps a week…
The clock in the Panthéon de Paris, photographed in 2010. The clock's hands remained at 10:51 for some years following the Untergunther repair.