Salt in Wieliczka was mined first probably in the thirteenth century. Until 1772 the Wieliczka salt mine belonged to the society called "A»upa Krakowska". Later, when "A»upa Krakowska" was in the annexation of Austria, it was divided and salt mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia were working separately.

Mine has numerous walkways, windows, ramps, chambers. The tourist route has about 3 km. The route passes through several chambers. Among them are such as the chamber Janowice chamber, chamber "Pieskowa SkaA‚a", "Weimar" chamber, or chamber "MichaA‚owice".

In the Chamber Janowice you can see sculptures of a legend on the origin of the salt mine in Wieliczka. The hero of the legend is saint King, wife of Krakow Prince Boleslaw Wstydliwy. According to legend, King wanted to give Prince Boleslaw as a gift a precious gift. During a visit to one of Hungary's salt mines to put in one of the shafts ring. When she came to the Duchy of Cracow, instructed to dig a pit for one of the hills in Wieliczka. The place where the holy King ordered the dig, found lump of salt, and there was a nugget ring of Princess Kinga.

Thanks to this story Wieliczka Salt Mine tour is the most popular salt mine in Poland. Wieliczka by reason of its great treasure of culture which is the salt mine, in 1978 was counted in UNESCO World Heritage List, which is obviously a great honor for the city. Thus, the town joined the culture of treasure such as, for example, Stonehenge in Britain, or the Pyramids of Giza, and in Poland, for example, Centennial Hall in Wroclaw.

The underground tourist route to the Wieliczka draws tourists from around the world and undoubtedly represents the strength of the Wieliczka Salt Mine on the tourist market in Europe.

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