Former Colombian Salt Mine Transforms into a Cathedral


Unfortunately, it isn’t a place to worship the Morton Salt girl   ©Huffington Post

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Colombia’s Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá receives thousands of visitors every Sunday, but it is in fact, not an actual place of worship.

The Cathedral is more than 500 feet below a halite mine. Workers are still excavating the mine, which has been active since the 5th century B.C. Before visitors enter the chapel, they encounter 14 salt “chapels” (as pictured above) that represent a different station of the cross. Multicolored LED lights shine down on the salt carvings to give each a glowing and psychedelic effect.

More images of the Cathedral can be seen at Huffington Post.

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