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The Wieliczka Salt Mine is now an official Polish Historic Monument (Pomnik Historii) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its attractions include the shafts and labyrinthine passageways, displays of historic salt-mining technology, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners out of the rock salt , and more recent ...
Would you like to take a walk among the salt works of art? Do you want to get to know the dazzling face of the Mine? Choose the Tourist Route! Do you prefer to wander the dark corners of the underground world? Become a miner and set out on the Miners’ Route!
The deposit of rock salt in Wieliczka and Bochnia has been mined since the 13th century. This major industrial undertaking has royal status and is the oldest of its type in Europe. The site is a serial property consisting of Wieliczka and Bochnia salt mines and Wieliczka Saltworks Castle.
About the “Wieliczka” Salt Mine. See the priceless monument of world material culture, entered in 1978 on the First UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine. Just 13km southeast of Kraków’s city centre, in a small and unassuming grassy valley in the town of Wieliczka, one of southern Poland’s undisputed cultural and historical gems extends more than 300 metres into the salt rock veins of the earth below.
Jul 6, 2012 · One of the first ever (if not the first) entries to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Wieliczka Salt Mine is a must visit if you're in Krakow. The mines were equal parts interesting, educational, entertaining, and beautiful.
Wieliczka Salt Mine, ancient and massive salt mine in Wieliczka, Poland, near Kraków. It is one of the oldest documented salt-manufacturing sites in Europe.
Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka is one of the largest mining museums in Europe. It poses exhibitions in the medieval Saltworks Castle and in the historic Salt Mine, where you can admire unique mining machines, minerals, works of art and beautiful chambers.
Feb 12, 2024 · The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a live, breathing tribute to centuries of human labor, not merely a tourist destination. Discover the mysteries of salt mining from the Middle Ages to the Present as you meander through its twisting tunnels and large chambers.
The Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines transport you to a mysterious world of salt beneath the earth's surface. The mines were worked continuously from the 13th century until the late 20th century, constituting one of the earliest and most important European industrial operations.
