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| The Salt Cathedral in Zipaquirá |
|  | Zipaquira makes a nice daytrip from Bogotá Zipaquirá is a town with a population of 70 000, situated about 50 km north of Bogotá. Zipaquirá is known for its salt mines and the Salt Cathedral, which attracts many visitor every day. By making tunnels in to the hills west of Zipaquirá the salt has been mined here already since the Muisca period.
If you came to Zipaquirá to visit the Salt Cathedral it is also worth taking a walk in the town. Around the central square there are some colonial buildings and the church looks very nice. There is also an archaeological museum in the town. |
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jumpingnorman Tue Feb 10, 2009 18:25 UTC
That salt Cathedral is nice...did u also go to the one in Krakow? I wonder if there is any other slat cathdral other than those two? Norman :) | Trekki Sun Nov 2, 2008 08:22 UTC
Ah, nice to see Zipaquirá again :-) I should have spent more time in the village as well (have only been in the Salt Cathedral). The pottery museum is new to me, sounds interesting! | Bwana_Brown Sat Dec 8, 2007 19:14 UTC
That must have been an interesting trip into the Salt Cathedral! By now, I think you must have taken a bus to almost everywhere in the world!! | SLLiew Thu Dec 6, 2007 22:24 UTC
Archaelogy museum - my cup of tea :) Interesting underground church. Thanks for sharing. |
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