Itinéraires culturels

Museum of Krakow Saltworks in Wieliczka / Muzeum Żup Krakowskich Wieliczka

Itinéraire culturel

• Route européenne du patrimoine industriel

Pays

• Pologne

Catégorie de membre

• Institution / ONG culturelle
• Musée
• Site patrimonial

Type de membre

Individual

Année d'adhésion

N/D

Contacts

Daniłowicza 10
PL-32-020 Wieliczka

Tel: +48 12 289 16 11
Website: www.muzeum.wieliczka.pl
Email: info[at]muzeum.wieliczka.pl / sekretariat[at]muzeum.wieliczka.pl

Personne de contact

N/D

Ville/Région du siège

Wieliczka (Lesser Poland)

Ville/Région du site

Wieliczka (Lesser Poland)

Localisation GPS du siège

49.982288, 20.056310

Localisation GPS du site

49.982288, 20.056310

Liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (1978) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/32)

Label du patrimoine européen

N/D

Autres labels patrimoniaux

N/D

Description

The Museum of Krakow Saltworks in Wieliczka presents the history of salt mining, the development of mining technology, the history of the salt industry and the history of the city of Wieliczka. The Museum and the entire Wieliczka Salt Mine were inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1978. The underground part of the Museum is the largest of its kind in the World, with miles of galleries, winding stairs, towering halls, groups of sculptures and reliefs carved out of salt, underground chapels, the world's largest wooden mining machine, a 19th-century mining railway for royal visitors, etc.
The Museum of Krakow Saltworks in Wieliczka is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

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