Janowice Chamber
Wieliczka Salt Mine. Janowice Chamber. A Polish miner presents Princess Kinga a piece of rock salt with her ring inside.
According to legend, when Princess Kinga of Hungary became betrothed to Polish Prince Boleslaw the Chaste ca. 1239, she asked her father to give her a Hungarian salt mine as a dowery. She then proceeded to throw her engagement ring into the mine shaft. Arriving in the vicinity of Krakow, she ordered the members of her retinue to dig in a place indicated by her. To everyone's amazement a lump of rock salt was discovered that contained the ring, the same ring that Kinga threw into the shaft in Hungary. In this way, the Wieliczka mine was founded and salt was brought to Poland. DSC_0590p1
Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more 
