Revenki's photos with the keyword: Wieliczka

Banquet Room

Banquet Room

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 65
Pretty fancy place, for being carved out of solid rock salt.
Salt Madonna

Salt Madonna

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 71
A backlit statue carved from rock salt.
Salt Crystal Chandelier

Salt Crystal Chandelier

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 76
The tour guide recommended taking a picture with the camera on the floor, pointing up, from under the chandelier. So I did. And it worked.
Last Supper

Last Supper

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 73
An adaptation of da Vinci's painting, carved into the solid rock salt walls of the ballroom.
Salt Crystal Madonna

Salt Crystal Madonna

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 91
A madonna statue with a salt crystal background, in the ballroom.
Salt Statue

Salt Statue

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 84
In the ballroom.
Rock Salt Floor

Rock Salt Floor

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 52
The Ballroom

The Ballroom

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 90
With salt crystal chandeliers, salt sculptures, and a rock salt floor.
Dwarf

Dwarf

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 83
It was said that J.R.R. Tolkien once visited the mine, in the 1910s, and used it as the inspiration for the Mines of Moria in "Lord of the Rings". I don't know if this is true, but it's not hard to believe, since I had that suspicion long before the guide ever mentioned it.
The Endless Stair

The Endless Stair

Revenki
31 Aug 2008 80
About two-thirds of the way down the entry staircase, which - amazingly, and like much of the other wooden structure in the mine - was made entirely from solid white oak.