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Zipaquirá
This city about 50km north of Bogotá is well-known for its immense rock salt mines at about 2650m altitude! Those mines were essential to the Muisca indians. Those mines host the Catedral de Sal (Salt Cathedral), entirely carved in the salt mountain.

0556. 2003-07-23 22.58.34 Zipaquirá - Entrance of the Salt Cathedral. Already lots of salt can be seen here. 0557. 2003-07-23 22.59.26 Zipaquirá - Entrance to the Salt Cathedral. As can be seen on this shot, the entrance was reiforced with timber, but after a while the salt is omnipresent and almost entirely hides the wooden supporting structure. 0564. 2003-07-23 23.05.06 Zipaquirá - Salt Cathedral. Close-up of one of the galleries in which millions of kilograms of salt were extracted. Note the cross in front. 0565. 2003-07-23 23.11.34 Zipaquirá - Salt Cathedral. Close-up of one of the crosses. 0568. 2003-07-23 23.22.02 Zipaquirá - Salt Cathedral. View towards the choir with the illuminated salt cross. Note the light show. 0569. 2003-07-23 23.22.42 Zipaquirá - Salt Cathedral. View towards the choir with the illuminated salt cross. Note the light show. 0572. 2003-07-23 23.41.42 Zipaquirá - Salt Cathedral. Monumental cross carved out from the salt. This photograph was taken in the direction of the cailing. The cross itself is backlit, as can be seen in this shot. 0573. 2003-07-23 23.44.12 Zipaquirá - Salt Cathedral. Close-up of the salt structure of the walls of the sacristy. 0574. 2003-07-23 23.44.56 Zipaquirá - Salt Cathedral. Small cubic room in the sacristy. Note the different colorations of the layered salt structure. 0575. 2003-07-23 23.45.40 Zipaquirá - Salt Cathedral. Monumental column. 0584. 2003-07-24 00.25.12 Zipaquirá - Map of the Salt Cathedral.

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