A couple of days in the past we visited the charming medieval city of Cardona and noticed one of many nice pure sights of the world: the Salt Mountain.
Salt Mountain
That is a novel pure phenomenon on this planet, wherein nature continues to be appearing and modifying the setting respiration life into it. Its 120 meters lengthy tour are just the start of an enormous and almost two kilometers deep diapir.
Salt Mountain is greater than 4 million years outdated. For years, it was one of the vital potassium salt mines of the world: Mina Nieves de Cardona was operational from 1929 till 1990.
Salt within the mine
The outdated mining space is now the Salt Mountain Cultural Park, a big cultural heart that goals to disseminate the significance of salt, the deposit’s geological uniqueness and the exploitation that males have executed for hundreds of years.
For an hour we will penetrate this outdated mine making a 86 meters deep go to to study its geological formations. The salt mass is excellent and continues to amaze at each step with its shapes, shadows, and passages.
Time to all the way down to the mine
Along with guided excursions, there are additionally dramatized ones particularly enjoyable for children. The advanced consists of an open house museography space that explains the historical past of salt exploitation, geology, mineralogy and botany of this Pure Space of Curiosity, the Saline Valley.
You may additionally entry the mining effectively machines constructing to see an actual gem of commercial archeology: the effectively equipment designed and constructed by Alsthom (now Alstom) within the 20s, and within the basement you will see that a photographic exhibition.
Contained in the Salt Mountain
The previous carpentry and mechanical workshop now homes the Salt Craft Centre, Artwork-Sal and the “Reminiscence of the Mining Colonies Girls” publicity.
You could know that entry can solely be executed in guided teams and that there’s a sure each day quota. Visits can be found for adults and youngsters, so if you wish to go to the Salt Mountain you must examine availability or guide on-line.
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