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    Wieliczka Salt Mine - Wikipedia

    • The mines were mentioned in 1044. The Wieliczka Salt Mine reaches a depth of 327 metres (1,073 ft), and extends via horizontal passages and chambers for over 287 kilometres (178 miles). The rock salt is naturally of varying shades of grey, resembling unpolished granite rather than the white crystalline substance that might be expected. Since the 13th century, b… See more

    Overview

    The Wieliczka Salt Mine (Polish: Kopalnia soli Wieliczka) is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland.
    From Neolithic times, sodium chloride (table salt) was produced there from the upwelling … See more

    Tourism

    The mine is currently one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomniki historii), whose attractions include dozens of statues and four chapels carved out of the rock salt by the miners. The older sculptures … See more

    Part ofWieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
    IncludesSalt Mine in Wieliczka · Saltworks Castle in Wieliczka
    CriteriaCultural: (iv)
    In culture

    The earliest writings about the Wieliczka Salt Mine include a description by Adam Schröter: Salinarum Vieliciensium incunda ac vera descriptio. Carmine elegiaco... (1553); augmented edition, Regni Poloniae Salinarum … See more

    Sister caves
    See also

    Chełm Chalk Tunnels, in Poland
    Grand Roc, France
    Kartchner Caverns State Park, United States
    Khewra Salt Mine, in Punjab, Pakistan… See more

     
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