August 03
Wieliczka

 
 
 


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Driving from Lublin to Kraków

A rest stop and a meal in a restaurant at the roadside. In the afternoon - a visit to the ancient Wieliczka Salt Mine.

Wieliczka - down, inside the mine

All sculptures inside the mine (shown below) are carved in salt!


St. Kinga - the Queen of Poland. A miner returns her ring extracted with salt

Dwarfs working in the salt mine
Underground Cathedral - "The Last Supper" (a relief-sculpture in salt)

Underground Cathedral - side altar with a Tomb of Christ

Statue of the Pope John Paul II

Ornate chandelier at the entrance to St. Anthony's Chapel

Old mine corridor - an original trough, still carrying salt solution, can be seen next to the wall
 

Prepared by: Waldemar J. Wajszczuk & Paweł Stefaniuk
2001