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bsummy: In order to visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine you first need to descend 380 stairs
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bsummy: The Mine Tour Guide
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bsummy: A statue of Nicholas Copernicus - A Polish Astronomer
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bsummy: The Janowice Chamber - rock-salt sculptures
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bsummy: 'The Great Legend' the moment of discovery of the ring which according to legend travelled with salt from Hungary to Poland
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bsummy: Salt stalactites hanging from the ceiling
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bsummy: This salt sculpture represents the miners burning out methane
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bsummy: Machinery used to transport salt in the mine in the 16th Century
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bsummy: Hauling salt in the old days
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bsummy: Crystallised salt in the mine
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bsummy: The Casimir the Great Chamber in the Wieliczka Salt Mine
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bsummy: Looking down into the Salt Mine
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bsummy: A salt crystallised wooden drain directing underground water leaks to wooden tubs
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bsummy: Gnomes believed to help the hard-working miners
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bsummy: A wooden sculpture of Christ Crucified and our Lady the Victorious inside the Holy Cross Chapel within the Salt Mine
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bsummy: St. Kinga's Chapel
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bsummy: Looking down on St. Kinga's Chapel
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bsummy: One of the chandeliers in St. Kinga's Chapel
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bsummy: The Bethlehem crib was carved in wood between 1903 and 1920 and the present figures were made in the 1970s.
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bsummy: A salt carving representing 'Flight into Egypt' - how is this donkey still standing
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bsummy: Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' carved out of salt between 1903 and 1920
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bsummy: The figure of Pope John Paul II carved in 1999 to thank him for canonising the Blessed Kinga
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bsummy: Crystallised salt on a ladder
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bsummy: A carriage used for transporting VIP visitors inside the mine
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bsummy: Crystallised salt covering the walls and ceiling
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bsummy: An old fashioned treadmill used in the mine
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bsummy: Old equipment inside the Mine Museum
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bsummy: Looking up at the ceiling inside the mine
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bsummy: The harness system used to deliver miners down to work (it took an hour each way)
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bsummy: Belinda at the exit of the Salt Mine