Slajdy wieliczka poprawione

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