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Wieliczka Salt Mine

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	wieliczka salt mine 25 ele[480×640] into the service elevators used by the mine workers It was amazing how many people we could fit into the small cages which sped to the surface of the mine at a rate of 12 feet per second If you do find yourself in Krakow and have some time to spare the Wieliczka Salt Mine is definitely worth checking out And yes you can buy little bags of salt to hand out to your friends Publishing origin
	poland wieliczka salt mine[580×380] The Wieliczka salt mine reaches a depth of 327 meters and is over 300 km long creating a vast underground network of tunnels shafts and chambers Publishing origin
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	wieliczka salt mine 26 jpg[640×480] I m not really sure why I was inspired to visit a salt mine I mean seriously touring a salt mine Seems like a bizarre thing to do while you are on vacation granted not as bizarre as Publishing origin
	poland wieliczka salt mine[580×380] have carved hundreds of religious and symbolic artworks into the rock salt The mine ceased operations in the early 1970s and in 1978 it was designated as an UNESCO World Heritage Site Publishing origin
	wieliczka salt mine 28 sta[640×480] would be walking down 54 flights of stairs to begin our tour I thought he was joking until he opened a heavy wooden door and we found ourselves hurrying down a seemingly endless staircase While walking through salt tunnels and caves is thoroughly exciting it s not the main draw of the tour Over the years artistically inclined miners have fought boredom by carving salt Publishing origin
	0 wieliczka salt mine JPG[1180×599] Parent Directory 0 wieliczka salt mine JPG 26 May 2007 23 40 604K 1 mine entrance JPG 26 May 2007 23 40 528K Publishing origin
	wieliczka salt mine 9 chap[640×480] Walk down the salt stairs leading down to the salt chapel to view the salt carvings lit by the salt crystal chandeliers They hold Catholic Mass here on special occasions and if you re so inclined you can even get married down here which someone apparently did the evening prior to our visit Publishing origin
	wieliczka salt mine 8 chap[640×480] burners and gnomes the miners undertook larger projects including a number of chapels the largest being St Kinga s Chapel which was carved out of a massive green salt block in 1896 Walk down the salt stairs leading down to the salt chapel to view the salt carvings lit by the salt crystal chandeliers Publishing origin
	wieliczka salt mine 4 meth[640×480] and as such they were often rewarded handsomely with extra bags of salt to take home to their families keeping in mind that salt was an extremely valuable commodity in the Middle Ages The pentinent methane burners And yeah I need to learn how to use my camera Publishing origin

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