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  • The Polish Wieliczka Salt Mine comes to Google Street View

    09/10/2013 9:25:21 AM PDT · by Dysart · 7 replies
    PopsSci ^ | 9-9-13
    In medieval times, when salt was precious, the mine brought great wealth to Poland. Over the centuries, the men who mined it filled it with religious and historical sculptures and underground chapels alongside their workshops. Older miners taught younger ones how to carve in salt. In modern times, mine officials invited artists to create other sculptures in the mine's passageways.Chapel of St. Kinga in the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland Screenshot from Google Street View