La morgue, quai de l'Archevêché

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Date. ?? 02.1923.S 1804 Paris morgue was located near the pont Saint-Michel. During perestroika osmannovkoy Ile de la Cite in 1864 built a new morgueon the site of a former bishop's palace, demolished in 1840. At the end of the XIX century the morgue became a place of extreme entertainment, not only for the Parisians, but also to travelers. Access idle visitors closed March 15, 1907 by order of the prefect. In 1914 it began the construction of a new morgue on quai de la Rapée, but due to the outbreak of the First World War, he opened only in 1923. After moving to the morgue building was demolished between May and August 1923.