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Polish miners carved a chapel, chandeliers and all, out of salt
The Wieliczka mine near Kraków was worked from the 13th century until 1996 and reaches 327 metres deep, with more than 287 km of passages. Miners carved four chapels from rock salt; St. Kinga's Chapel, lit by salt-crystal chandeliers, still hosts weddings. Copernicus, Goethe and Chopin all visited, and in 1978 the mine was on UNESCO's very first World Heritage list.
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- Wikipedia. Wieliczka Salt Mine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine