Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines

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UNESCO World Heritage Site salt mine complex

The Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Poland renowned for their historic underground salt mining complexes, chapels, and intricate subterranean architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines canonical 4
Wieliczka Salt Mine 1
Wieliczka Salt Mine inscription 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
salt mine complex ⓘ
associatedWith Polish royal salt monopoly ⓘ
contains Bochnia Royal Salt Mine ⓘ
surface form: Bochnia Salt Mine

Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum ⓘ
surface form: Wieliczka Salt Mine
country Poland ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of medieval and early modern salt production ⓘ
extensionYear 2013 ⓘ
geologicalFormation Miocene salt deposits ⓘ
hasArtwork religious sculptures carved in salt ⓘ
hasChapel Chapel of St Kinga ⓘ
hasFeature underground museum exhibitions ⓘ
underground sanatorium areas ⓘ
hasFunction historical monument ⓘ
museum ⓘ
tourist route ⓘ
hasInfrastructure shafts and galleries ⓘ
underground chapels ⓘ
ventilation systems ⓘ
heritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1978 ⓘ
knownFor historic underground salt mining ⓘ
salt sculptures ⓘ
subterranean architecture ⓘ
subterranean chapels ⓘ
underground lakes ⓘ
locatedIn Bochnia ⓘ
Carpathian foothills ⓘ
Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
Wieliczka ⓘ
southern Poland ⓘ
locatedNear Kraków ⓘ
management Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka company ⓘ
material rock salt ⓘ
operatedSinceCentury 13th century ⓘ
partOf historic salt mining industry in Poland ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
significance one of the oldest salt mining sites in Europe ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
undergroundDepth over 300 metres ⓘ
undergroundLength over 300 kilometers of galleries ⓘ
undergroundLevels multiple mining levels ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 32ter ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bochnia Royal Salt Mine → partOfUNESCOSite → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
Bochnia → saltMineUNESCOListingExtendedFrom → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wieliczka Salt Mine inscription
World Heritage Sites in Poland → hasPart → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
St Kinga’s Chapel (in the salt mine) → partOf → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
subject surface form: St Kinga’s Chapel
this entity surface form: Wieliczka Salt Mine underground complex
St Kinga’s Chapel (in the salt mine) → heritageSiteWithin → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
subject surface form: St Kinga’s Chapel
this entity surface form: Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines UNESCO World Heritage Site
Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
Wieliczka Salt Mine Museum → associatedWith → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
Zamek Żupny → partOf → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines World Heritage Site
Zamek Żupny → ownedBy → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Żup Krakowskich Salt Mines Museum
Chapel of St Kinga → partOf → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wieliczka Salt Mine tourist route
Wieliczka County → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wieliczka Salt Mine