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Salt cupola in the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

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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.
The history of this cathedral is younger than you might expect. A first cathedral was carved out in 1954, but it had to be closed. The present Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá was scooped out in 1995, below the first one. It actually cannot officially be called a cathedral, since it has no bishop. It is more than just a curiosity, though: there is a mass every Sunday. A little further into the salt cathedral, you can even find a small shop and a bar, close to the Watermirror, a thin layer of water on a basin of salt (of course), reflecting the ceiling. It is in this area that you can also find a memorial site in remembrance of the miners who worked in this salt mine, and those who perished. While calling the salt cathedral the primary miracle of Colombia might be a little over the top, I must say that a visit is a special experience indeed.
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