In 1950, the construction of a bigger project had begun: the Salt Cathedral which was inaugurated on August 15, 1954, and dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, Patron saint of miners. It was compound of three naves and a monumental cross. Part of the galleries were actually carved by the ancient Muisca.
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Mar 23, 2021 · The first underground church was carved in 1932, and a more major project was undertaken in the 1950s. The authorities shut the church down in ...
Apr 20, 2019 · Initially, miners prayed in a small sanctuary built inside the caverns. There, they would pray to the Virgin of the Rosary of Guasá, the patron ...
In fact, the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquir?is a church built in the shaft of an abandoned halite salt mine 200 m underground in Zipaquir? at 2,652 masl, about 50 ...
This salt deposit in the middle of the eastern Andean mountain range was formed 70 million years ago when an inland sea covered the region. As the Eastern ...
Mar 12, 2024 · The modern-day cathedral opened to the public in 1995, but its history stretches way before the time of Beanie Babies and the Spice Girls.
In 1932, a chapel was built inside the Zipaquirá salt mine for workers to worship in. Later on, in 1991, the management closed it down due to structural ...
Apr 6, 2019 · That cathedral was inaugurated in 1954 and was dedicated to the patron saint of miners. However, in 1992, almost forty years later, it had to be ...
Apr 9, 2023 · The Cathedral began because the early miners prayed before the start of the workday, as working in the mines was dangerous. Each miner never ...
Dec 13, 2021 · A World Heritage Site since 1978, the mine was first worked in the 13th century. Initially mined by royalty, the money obtained from the sale of ...
