Salt Cathedral de Zipaquira

One of Colombia’s most fascinating attractions is the hauntingly beautiful underground salt cathedral at Zipaquira, 50km north of Bogota.

The cathedral was born from an old salt mine, dug straight into the mountain outside the town. The mines date back to the Muisca period and have been intensively exploited, but they still contain vast reserves that will last another 500 years.

Opened to the public in 1995, the cathedral is 75m long and 18m high and can accommodate 8400 people.

(LP Colombia Guidebook)

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Ozaj mastenica a nieco uplne nove na nasom tripe.  S Luckom sme v nej stravili takmer 2 hodiny a vybili baterky fotoaparatov.  Po parhodinovej zastavke sme smerovali na sever, dalsie 2 hodiny, do mesta Chiquinquira.  Ta bola nedelno ludoprazdna a  po autobuse do mesta Villa de Leyva, kde sme sa planovali dostat nebolo ani slychu.  Vyckali sme teda noc a v krasojizde pokracovali na dalsi den pred ranajkami.