Wieliczka Salt Mine on Google Street View [PHOTOS] - Gazeta Wyborcza

With Google Street View you can see the pit operated from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, and more than 20 chambers, located on three levels, ranging from 64 to 135 meters underground, as well as lakes and chapels. – Photos in a salt mine in Wieliczka was performed in April 2013, the Google Street View team, equipped with a special camera with a tripod, he worked from the moment when the mine went out tourists, until the morning. Jobs documentary took two days – said Peter Zalewski of Google Poland. – The biggest problem for us were the lighting conditions prevailing in the mine, some shots had to be repeated many times – said Zalewski.

– Google inscribed in the 35th anniversary of the mine entered the UNESCO World Heritage List. Mine in the real world is visited by over a million tourists a year. Putting it on Google Street View will surely help you to make a choice for tourists who are planning a trip to the Polish – said Cajetan D’Obyrn, CEO of the mine.

lit photos of the “Wieliczka” impressive. Spend a few minutes on the computer and watch fleeing the usual sightseeing details.

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Before the trip we should look at a map on the tourist route mine site .

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Virtual tour of the Wieliczka mine starts at the checkout. Walking can start from any level of the mine, but you certainly can not miss the Chapel of St. Kinga (level -2). It is the world’s largest underground temple, located 101 meters below the surface.

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worth seeing too Chapel of. Anthony. Between the levels of the mine are moving through the navigation in the upper left corner of the screen.

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Level -3 and the Chapel of the Holy. John

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but mine did not discover all the secrets. – Those who want to see firsthand, how the work of a miner, you should choose a route Mining – invited D’Obyrn. Tourists who opt for a more ambitious route will be provided with overalls, miners lamps and trained. The guide will walk them and assign tasks to perform.

Google Street View

Preparation photography Street View is major logistical and technological. Over the past six years, many vehicles are designed to perform wide-format images 360 degrees on Google Maps. Among them is the tricycle trike (bike with built-in digital camera with which it was possible to shoot such as parks), snowmobile Snowmobile, a special camera with a tripod (helpful for taking pictures of the interiors of companies), as well as Trekker backpack (after first used during hiking in the Grand Canyon and Venice). In addition trolley Trolley, which fits easily in the museum doors and fences between the sculptures. When asked about the plans of Google in Poland Zalewski says: – We have some ideas, but as long as they do not finalize, I can not say anything. For now, we look forward to Trekker.

Mine is another object that was listed as a special collection of Street View of UNESCO’s World. Already, visitors can take a virtual tour of 19 European sites in the Czech Republic, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK such as Versailles, Pompeii, Stonehenge, Caceres, Kinderdijk-Elshout or center.