Weimar Cave. Tourists viewing the Weimar Cave in the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Dug in a layer of green salt at the beginning of the 20th century,this cave forms a bell-shaped volume of 10,000 cubic metres. The bottom of the cave is now flooded by a salt water lake to a depth of 2 metres. The salt mine at Wieliczka,Poland,is one of the oldest in the world. It was started in the 13th century and is still in use in the 21st century. By the 19th century,vast underground caverns had been excavated to depths of several hundred metres,including statues sculpted out of the salt deposits. In 1978,the mine became a UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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