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27-AUG-2014 Jola Dziubinska

Chapel Of St. Kinga - Main Altar

Wieliczka, Poland

The high altar with the statue of St. Kinga surrounded with the crystals of halite - the work of Jozef Markowski and his assistants. St. Kinga is the patron saint of miners, her relics were placed at the bottom of altar in 1994.
101 meters below ground on the 2nd level, the chapel is 54 meters long and 15m. wide. Constructed in 1896, designed by architect Jozef Markowski, carved out of salt rock.
The chapel has been ornamented by miners who taught themselves the art of carving in salt. There are altars, wall friezes and statues all around.

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Chris19-Dec-2014 20:19
Wonderful carving.
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