9/22/2003

CNN.com - Tourists have a taste for salt cathedral - Sep. 20, 2003: "ZIPAQUIRA, Colombia (AP) -- Deep inside an Andean mountain, humans connect with the divine in an underground world of salt and temples. "The Zipaquira Salt Cathedral is built into the walls of a salt mine nearly 600 feet into a mountain in this central Colombian town of 120,000 people.

Winding tunnels descend into the Roman Catholic temple, passing 14 small chapels representing the stations of the cross, which illustrate the events of Jesus' last journey. Soft lights outline the chapels, carved with simple yet powerful strokes"


It is one of those wonders of the world. How it holds together is amazing. Everything inside is made from Salt.