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# Buried cities, of course, are not so straightforward
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/s-zakopannymi-gorodami-konechno-vse-ne-tak-odnoznachno/
- Published: 2025-05-05T06:31:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:30:18.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Paris

Excavations in Paris, not far from the city's oldest fountain, the Fountain of the Innocents, show what complex feats of engineering lie beneath the visible part of the city. Under every quarter there are, quite literally, unbroken foundations on piles, no smaller than the houses above ground

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