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MIS-ETC Code: 829

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Orthodox Chapel Salt Mine

Data

GPS (47.635070800781; 25.897945404053)
district Suceava
region Cacica
locality Cacica
address
category Industrial-historical attractions
year
ethnic Romanians

Description

The orthodox chapel, situated at a depth of 35m, where the Horizon I is located. In this area, the gallery which was carved directly in salt is much wider and its walls have bas-relief sculptures carved in the salt rock, with a religious theme, the recent work of the young sculptors living in the area, some of them being based on similar models from Wieliczka saline, near Cracow.