Archaeological Monument Wieliczka Salt Mine,

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wieliczka Salt Mine -
Wieliczka Salt Mine is located in Kraków metropolitan area.
Wieliczka Salt Mine monument was established on 1978 .

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Historical facts of Wieliczka Salt Mine :

The mine's attractions include dozens of statues, three chapels and an entire cathedral that has been carved out of the rock salt by the miners. The oldest sculptures are augmented by the new carvings by contemporary artists. About 1.2 million people visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine annuallyVisitors to this site have included Nicolaus Copernicus, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander von Humboldt, Fryderyk Chopin, 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