MAP 1:
A cataphile map of the tunnel grid under the
5th, 6th, 14th, and 15th arrondissements.
The northern/eastern/southern/western-most
limits of this grid are, respectively,
rue de Vaugirard, rue de la Sante, Boulevard
Jourdan/Boulevard Brune, and rue de Dantzig.
This map is presumably a copy of a copy of a copy,
ad infinitum. The source of the original
is unknown, though there is reason to suspect that
it may be a map stolen from the
Bibtiotheque National ca. 1975. This copy traced by
a cataphile identified only by his
signature-glyph "SHADOW" and dated 1987.
The inscription at the top left reads "CITY OF PARIS
-ancient underground quarries- existing
under the 14th arrondissement." (Note: a deliberately
archaic phrasing.) Below this is a
scale, 500 meters in length at 100-meter intervals;
then "Map traced by SHADOW-ca. 1987-shadow."
(Note: the copyright symbol is presumably a cataphile joke.)
The box located at the left of center is a key to
the principal areas of this grid, numbered on the map,
as follows:
l- German Bunker
2- Room Z
3- bone depository under Montparnasse
4- FFI Bunker
5- Room of the Staircase
6- La Craie-Robert
7- Sainte-Anne
8- The Crypt
9- Room of the Paintings
10- The Beach
1l- The Reservoir
12- Room of the Chairs
13- The Cellar
14- "The Spam". (Note: "The Spam" is a cataphile slang euphemism for the
southern bone depository.)
The inscription between the two left boxes, running along a tunnel that extends
beyond the limits of the map, reads "Towards the Bunker-The Raidos Room."
The small box at the lower right is a key to the three lettered exits, as follows:
A- Petite Ceinture exit
B- RER exit
C- Cité Universitaire exit. (Note: an "exit" can just as well serve as an entrance.)
The box at the lower left is a general key to the map, as follows:
Finally, the bottom inscription reads: "WARNING! Entrance into the consolidations of
the ancient quarries is dangerous and illegal ! DESCEND AT YOUR OWN RISKS AND PERILS!"
(Note: "the consolidations of the ancient quarries" is the technically accurate
description of the underground quarries; the more popular term "catacombs" is
in fact a misnomer.)