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Wieliczka
Going down 380 steps (64 m underground)
Wooden supports are used to stabilise the rock salt
Nicolaus Copernicus
chamber, a Polish astronomer and
one of thefirst tourists in the
salt mine (XVth century)
St Anthony's chapel, the oldest chapel in the mine ( XVIIth century)
The Great Legend chamber, Princess Kinga is the patron of the saltmine, the salt stalactites (top left) grow here by water droplets
The white salt cauliflowers also grow in humid areas, wherehumidity dissolves salt from the rock and white salt can grow
The king Casimir Great (XIVth century) chamber
The Pieskowa Skała chamber a 27 m long direct way down by steps
Miners had been using the wooden system of tunnels and tubs for thetransportation of water for centuries
Fully saturated brine does not dissolve the rock salt and is usedto create underground lakes
Saint Kinga's Chapel, the jewel of the salt mine (XIXth century)
All the sculptures in the chapel are made of salt by miners
Pope John Paul II was one of the most honourable visitors to thesalt mine
The Barącz lake is filled with fully saturated brine
The Michałowice chamber , a masterpiece of the mine's carpenterswork (XIXth century)
The Weimar lake where water shows the natural beauty of the chamber
The Józef Piłsudski chamber, the cauliflowers around the lake growhere due to humidity of the lake
Salt can have different shapes and colours
Potassium cloride makes salt blue
The Wieliczka salt mine has been included in the first list ofUnesco Heritage sites since 1978 (among the first 12 monuments in theworld)
Leaks of the underground water make salt stalactites growing
The Warszawa chamber is a place of venues, concerts, parties andsports events
Saint John’s chapel (XIXth century)
Saurau chamber a hand made beauty showing marks of old mining works
Water is a danger, but also a creator of natural beauty
The Crystal caves, Wieliczka's hidden treasure
Regular crystals of salt grow in fully saturated brine
Saint Kinga's salt "hair"
An underground forgotten shaft keeps its treasures
Can you see a ladder covered with salt here?
Can you see a ladder covered with salt here?
Our main school residence till February 2014
The tax office in Wieliczka town centre
The Centre /House of Culture and Tourism
The Saint Clement church area
A local bank
A local bank
The Institute of National Remembrance
Planty, a pedestrian zone
The former miner's school, now local authorities building
Our second school building till 2014
The Salt mine area
The Daniłowicz shaft (XVIIth century)-the main entrance to thehistoric salt mine
The salt mine is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Poland
The Grand Sal 4 star hotel under construction
The XVIIIth century Franciscans monastery
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