Krakow Gallery

Former locomotive at Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wieliczka Salt Mine (on the outskirts of Krakow) was once one of the most profitable industrial establishments when common salt was commercially a medieval equivalent of today's oil.'n'nNine centuries of mining in Wieliczka produced a total of some 200km of passages as well as 2, 040 caverns of varied size.'n'nIn 1978 it became an Unesco World Hertiage site & commercial mining was only discontinued in 1996 due to low salt prices & mine flooding. It attracts more than 1m visitors each year

© Jason Wells 2016

The decorated vaulted ceiling in St. Marys church

The ornately decorated vaulted ceiling in the Church of St Mary in Krakow, Poland.Very famous in this basilica is the altarpiece of Veit Stoss, which was carved between 1477 and 1489 by the German sculptor Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz). The upper part of the altarpiece can be seen left on the photo

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Feeding swans on Vistula River, Krakow, Poland

A man feeds the seagulls and swans on the Vistula River, Krakow, Poland. The Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus, also known as the Wawel Cathedral, is seen in the distance on Wawel Hill Date: 1988

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

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