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Wieliczka Salt Mine
This deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka-Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. Spread over nine levels, it has 300 km of galleries with works of art, altars, and statues sculpted in the salt, making a fascinating pilgrimage into the past of a ma...
unesco.org
Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow
One traveled Frenchman observed in the 18th century that Krakow's Wieliczka salt mine was no less magnificent than the Egyptian pyramids. Millions of visitors, the crowned heads and such celebrities as Goethe and Sarah Bemhardt among them, have appeared to share his enthusiasm when exploring the sub...
krakow-info.com
Show Mines of Poland: Wieliczka Salt Mine
was to marry the sovereign of Krakow. She wanted to bring a wealthy gift for her fiancé. As the people in Poland had everything except salt, she asked her father for a salt mine as adowry, which he provided. She threw one of her rings into a salt mine of her father and travelled to Poland. Ne...
showcaves.com
Wieliczka Salt Mine - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
This deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka-Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. Spread over nine levels, it has 300 km of galleries with works of art, altars, and statues sculpted in the salt, making a fascinating pilgrimage into the past of a ma...
whc.unesco.org
ES 331/767 Wieliczka, Poland
The salt mine at Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland, is a World Heritage Site. This mine has been worked continuously since Medieval times. Miners have carved elaborate underground rooms and sculptures within the Miocene salt. Photo dat...
academic.emporia.edu
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Commercial mining began in the Wieliczka salt mine early in the 13th century. Salt is still being taken from the mine by evaporating the salty mine water that has been pumped to the surface. Mining of salt by digging stopped in 1996. In centuries past when a horse entered the mine they never saw day...
travelblog.org
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