Itinerari culturali

Museum of Krakow Saltworks in Wieliczka / Muzeum Żup Krakowskich Wieliczka

Itinerario culturale

• Itinerario europeo del patrimonio industriale

Paese

• Polonia

Categoria membro

• Istituzione / ONG culturale
• Museo
• Sito patrimoniale

Status membro

Individual

Anno di adesione

N/D

Dettaglio contatti

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

Referente

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Città/Regione della sede

Wieliczka (Lesser Poland)

Città/Regione del sito

Wieliczka (Lesser Poland)

Posizione GPS della sede

49.982288, 20.056310

Posizione GPS del sito

49.982288, 20.056310

Lista del patrimonio mondiale UNESCO

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

Marchio del patrimonio europeo

N/D

Altri marchi patrimoniali

N/D

Descrizione

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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