Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira

Location: Cundinamarca, Colombia

Architect: Roswell Garavito Pearl

Year Completed: 1995

The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira is an underground Roman Catholic church built within the tunnels of a salt mine 656 feet underground in a Halite mountain. The church has no bishop and therefore no official status as a cathedral in Catholicism; it mainly attracts tourists and visitors.

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