Wednesday 30 April 2008
We visited the Salt Cathedral today, one of Colombia's wonders. It is an old salt mine, abandoned over a hundred years ago, which has been converted into a giant Stations of the Cross leading to a huge underground cathedral, all of which is made completely out of salt. It was a cool, dark place, very quiet and echo-ey, all lit with blue and white, a little eerie, but very interesting. They have even performed baptisms and weddings down here! The cross seen here is the largest cross in the world carved out of the earth (as well as the largest salt cross, but I doubt there is much competition for that).
We visited the Salt Cathedral today, one of Colombia's wonders. It is an old salt mine, abandoned over a hundred years ago, which has been converted into a giant Stations of the Cross leading to a huge underground cathedral, all of which is made completely out of salt. It was a cool, dark place, very quiet and echo-ey, all lit with blue and white, a little eerie, but very interesting. They have even performed baptisms and weddings down here! The cross seen here is the largest cross in the world carved out of the earth (as well as the largest salt cross, but I doubt there is much competition for that).
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