The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland.
St. Kinga's Chapel, deep in the Wieliczka salt mine
Surface and underground views of Wieliczka town and salt mine, engraved in 1645 by Willem Hondius
Tallest room in the mine, held up by thick wood scaffoldings
Hungarian horse mill, late 18th century, in Komora Kraj (the Country Chamber)
Wieliczka is a historic town in southern Poland, situated within the Kraków metropolitan area in Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. The town was initially founded in 1290 by Premislaus II of Poland
Wieliczka Salt Mine
…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 brine. The Wieliczka salt…
Wieliczka market square townhouses
A branch of the Institute of National Remembrance at the Konopków Palace