Record no. MRB-2026-005914

Underground Cathedral Built in a Salt Mine

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The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira is a Catholic church carved roughly 200 meters underground inside a still-active salt mine, with its current structure completed in 1995. It is one of the largest and best-known underground churches in the world and is often called the "First Wonder of Colombia."