Wieliczka, Poland

This scene carved from salt depicts the myth of the salt mine discovery in which a princess who knows her people are destined to starve to death unless they find a means to export drops her betrothal ring down a hole in the ground and demands it be found. The man who found the ring also found the mine rich in salt, a valuable product in those days, and saved the princesses people and her marriage. Or something like that.

Wieliczka: The world in salt

September 29th 2009
I had heard from a friend of my Moms of a place in Poland that was an underground cave carved from salt and embellished in salt. When our plans changed in Warsaw from travelling as far south as Italy, we choose to explore Poland a little bit more, including this underground mine just south of Krakow in the town of Wieliczka. The mine itself, though interesting, was really not all that impressive ... read more

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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

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