This major industrial undertaking has royal status and is the oldest of its type in Europe. The site is a serial property consisting of Wieliczka and Bochnia salt mines and Wieliczka Saltworks Castle.

Alongside the Norwegian city of Bodo, and the Estonian city of Tartu, it has been crowned a European ... Salt – explores how salt and water have profoundly shaped the area's history. Salt mining ...

Now, the mine is cashing in on salt therapy, already a draw in the salt mines of eastern Europe and a synthetic clinic in Britain. A Pakistani woman poses for a picture with her child beside a mosque ...

But extracting the coveted salt means descending into dark caves, then blasting and carrying heavy rock. Faizan Panjwani: The problem is the massive size of the blocks that come from the mine.

Ukrainian troops tried to destroy salt mines while retreating from the city ... its sovereignty and territorial integrity" Militarizing Europe has no right to take part in talks on Ukraine ...

As part of Ukraine's ongoing effort to combat Russian disinformation and memorialize its own history, the United24 charity ...