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Sculpture of the creation of man in the central nave of the Salt Cathedral

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Deep down in a salt mine, you can visit what must be one of the most peculiar cathedrals in the world: it is completely carved out of salt.
Walking down the Via Crucis, we arrived at a balcony from which we could see the central nave of the Salt Cathedral. A quite simple, but enormous hall, with a huge 16 metres high cross at the other side of the cathedral. Soon thereafter, we descended into the central nave, also known as the nave of life; it was only here that we realized the size of this gigantic cave inside the salt mine. At 75 metres long and 25 metres high, it was not strange we felt dwarfed. Four immense columns, representing the four evangelists, are carved out here. Furthermore, there is a sculpture in marble, depicting the creation of man, based on the masterpiece of Michelangelo in the Sixtine Chapel. We visited the other naves, which are the nave of birth and the nave of death. In both, there are sculptures depicting the birth and death of Jesus Christ. I especially liked the small cupolas carved out in the ceiling, lit by coloured lights. Remarkably, even though we were deep down in the salt mine here, we did not really feel cold, and the air was quite fresh.
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