It is a historical site that for centuries has delighted tourists visiting unique tourist attractions in poland. This major industrial undertaking has royal status and is the oldest of its type in europe. The wieliczka salt mine (polish
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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.
Situated near the city of krakow in southern poland, the wieliczka salt mine is a bewildering labyrinth with infinite corridors, tunnels, walkways and chambers It is a huge empire with 2500 chambers, nine levels of mining and galleries that run for 245 kilometres till a depth of 327 metres. Cracow saltworks museum in wieliczka is one of the largest mining museums in europe It poses exhibitions in the medieval saltworks castle and in the historic salt mine, where you can admire unique mining machines, minerals, works of art and beautiful chambers.
The tourist route wieliczka salt mine is the most popular way to explore this historic underground site near krakow Since the slavic settlers of medieval poland first discovered the presence of rock salt in wieliczka in the late 1200s, it has been the site of a phenomenal industrial undertaking that has seen the mining of almost 300 kilometres of navigable tunnel. See the priceless monument of world material culture, entered in 1978 on the first unesco world heritage list. The deposit of rock salt in wieliczka and bochnia has been mined since the 13th century
