Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

Cundinamarca Department · Colombia

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá, Colombia
Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Year-round; weekdays avoid crowds
Budget
$$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

An underground church excavated 180 meters deep inside a working halite mine, its naves and crosses carved from the rock salt itself. Tunnels lined with the Stations of the Cross lead to a vast main sanctuary lit in shifting colors, an easy half-day trip north of Bogotá.

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