Paris prison opens doors for Heritage Days

Published September 21, 2014 3:38pm ET



PARIS (AP) — Paris’ mythic La Sante prison opened its heavily guarded doors to visitors Sunday as part of the country’s annual Heritage Days festival.

Opened in 1867, the huge brown edifice in Paris’ 14th arrondisement has held some of France’s most notorious criminals, including the international terrorist known as “Carlos the Jackal,” Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon and rogue trader Jerome Kerviel.

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