Zipaquirá and the Salt Cathedral

Zipaquirá Cathedral
Zipaquirá is a colonial town about an hours drive north of Bogotá. It is famed for its salt mine. After the salt was extracted a cathedral was built in the caverns inside the mountain.

The main plaza
Zipaquirá is impressive for its colonial styled buildings.

Family and Friends
Our visit to Zipaquirá was made with Bill and Angela, and friends Julian and Diana Gutiérrez. Julian studied at Talbot Seminary with Bill and is now back in Colombia.
Julian and Diana celebrated Thanksgiving Dinner with us each year in Long Beach while they were in California.

Contemplating the awesome caverns inside the salt mine and cathedral.
The cathedral has been carved out of rock that contains salt. It is located several hundred feet under the mountain. Entry is made through a tunnel. It is unique in that it is the only such cathedral underground in the world. Nancye and I first visited the former cathedral 39 years ago! It became dangerous. The new one is much more spectacular.

The Salt Cathedral.