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Wieliczka Salt Mine* UNESCO World Heritage Site State Party  Poland Type Cultural Criteria iv Reference 32 Region** Europe Inscription history Inscription 1978  (2nd Session) Endangered 1989-1998 * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. ** Region as classified by UNESCO. The Wieliczka Salt Mine, located in the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland, lies within the Kraków metropolitan area. The mine continuously produced table salt from the 13th century until 2007 as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines (the oldest being the Bochnia Salt Mine). It is believed to be the world's 14th-oldest company still in operation. The mine's attractions for tourists include dozens of statues and an entire chapel that has been carved out of the rock salt by the miners. About 1.2 million people visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine annually. Commercial mining was discontinued in 1996 due to low salt prices and mine flooding. Contents 1 Touring 2 Photo tour 3 Sister caves 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links // Touring The Wieliczka salt mine reaches a depth of 327 meters and is over 300 km long. It features a 3.5-km touring route for visitors (less than 1% of the length of the mine's passages) that includes historic statues and mythical figures. The oldest sculptures were carved out of rock salt by miners; more recent figures have been fashioned by contemporary artists. Even the crystals of the chandeliers are made from rock salt that has been dissolved and reconstituted to achieve a clear, glass-like appearance. The rock salt is naturally grey in various shades, so that the carvings resemble unpolished granite rather than the white or crystalline look that many visitors expect. The carvings may appear white in the photos, but the actual carved figures are not white. At the end of the tour, there is a large cathedral and reception room that can be reserved for private functions such as weddings or private parties. Also featured is a large chamber with walls carved to resemble wooden chapels built by miners in earlier centuries; an underground lake; and exhibits on the history of salt mining. The Wieliczka mine is often referred to as "the Underground Salt Cathedral of Poland." It also houses a private rehabilitation and wellness complex. Over the centuries, visitors to this site have included Nicolaus Copernicus, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander von Humboldt, Dmitri Mendeleyev, Bolesław Prus, Ignacy Paderewski, Robert Baden-Powell, Jacob Bronowski (who filmed segments of The Ascent of Man in the mine), Karol Wojtyła (the later Pope John Paul II), former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and many others. During World War II, the salt mine was used by the occupying Germans as facilities for war-related industries. To get down to the 64-metre level of the mine, visitors must descend a wooden stairway of 378 steps. After the three-kilometer tour of the mine's corridors, chapels, statues and lake, 135 metres underground, visitors take an elevator back up to the surface. The elevator holds 36 people (nine per car) and takes some 30 seconds to reach the surface. The salt mine helped inspire the Labyrinth scenes in Bolesław Prus' 1895 historical novel, Pharaoh.[1] In 1978 the Wieliczka salt mine was placed on the original UNESCO list of the World Heritage Sites. Photo tour Wieliczka Salt Mine Entrance with headframe St Barbara carved in rock salt Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" carved in a wall of rock salt Old corridor   Salt statue of Pope John Paul II Old winch in the museum Bottom of St Kinga's Shaft Chandelier carved in rock salt at St Kinga's Chapel Sister caves Frasassi Caves [2] (Genga - Marche, Italy) See also Pharaoh ("Inspirations") — explanation of the Wieliczka Salt Mine's inspiration for the historical novel by Bolesław Prus Bochnia Salt Mine Chełm Chalk Tunnels Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá, in Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, Colombia Notes ^ Christopher Kasparek, "Prus' Pharaoh and the Wieliczka Salt Mine," The Polish Review, 1997, no. 3, pp. 349–55. ^ Sister caves of Frasassi listed on www.frasassi.com References Jerzy Grzesiowski, Wieliczka: kopalnia, muzeum, zamek (Wieliczka: the Mine, the Museum, the Castle), 2nd ed., updated and augmented, Warsaw, Sport i Turystyka, 1987, ISBN 83-217-2637-2. Christopher Kasparek, "Prus' Pharaoh and the Wieliczka Salt Mine," The Polish Review, 1997, no. 3, pp. 349–55. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Wieliczka More about Wieliczka Salt mine Wieliczka Salt Mine - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Wieliczka salt mine Video tour of mine Ancient salt-works Cracow Salt-Works Museum in Wieliczka (plan of mine) Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow in Poland Air Pollution Intrusion into the Wieliczka Salt Mine "A Piece of Salt that Weighs 200 Tons" fallen from Wieliczka chamber roof in 1916; Popular Science monthly, Feb 1916, page 179. Scanned by Google Books. v • d • e World Heritage Sites in Poland Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940–1945) · Białowieża Forest / Belovezhskaya Pushcha (with Belarus) · Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork · Centennial Hall, Wrocław · Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica · Cracow's Historic Centre · Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park · Park Muzakowski / Muskauer Park (with Germany) · Medieval Town of Toruń · Historic Centre of Warsaw · Wieliczka Salt Mine · Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland · Old City of Zamość Coordinates: 49°58′45″N 20°03′50″E / 49.97917°N 20.06389°E / 49.97917; 20.06389