Zapaquira Salt Mine

We visited Zapaquira Salt cathedral today. Traffic along the route was ridiculous ! 🙄Zipaquirá’s salt history spans over 2,500 years, beginning with the indigenous Muisca people who mined the 200-million-year-old deposits as early as the 5th century B.C.. Known as "white gold," this salt was essential for trade, food preservation, and economic prosperity. Later, it financed independence campaigns, and in 1995, a massive underground cathedral, built 180 meters down, was opened. Another great day outRead more