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The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá (Spanish: Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá) is an underground Roman Catholic church built within the tunnels of a salt mine 200 metres (660 ft) underground in a halite mountain near the city of Zipaquirá, in Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Apr 20, 2019 · The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is an underground church built inside a salt mine, and made entirely of salt. Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images. The tunnel leading to Colombia's most famous church...
Mar 23, 2021 · Zipaquirá’s Salt Cathedral (or Catedral de Sal) remains one of the most popular day trips around Bogota, Colombia. Carved from 250,000 tons of salt, 190m underground, it remains a marvel and well worth a visit.
Visitors are enchanted by the chance to feel like miners and explore dark tunnels using a special helmet lamp in the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá. Take a tourist train from Bogotá to tour the twelve Stations of the Cross under colorful lights and see a 3D movie on salt extraction.
Feb 28, 2017 · February 28, 2017. 1 / 12. A water mirror inside the cathedral. Creative Commons. Some 650 feet underground in Zipaquirá, Colombia, worshippers kneel in front of an illuminated cross that...
Discover a breathtaking temple within a salt mine. This is Colombia’s Zipaquira Salt Cathedral. An architectural masterpiece inside a mountain. Click here.
Nov 16, 2009 · The current salt cathedral is roughly 75 meters long and 25 meters high, with a giant cross carved into the back wall. It can theoretically accommodate 10,000 people. Smaller naves dug out...
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