Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is an underground Roman Catholic church built within the tunnels of a salt mine 200 metres underground in a halite mountain near the city of , in , .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: underground Roman Catholic church in Colombia
  • Also known as: “Catedral de la Sal”, “Catedral de sal de Zipaquirá”, “Catedral de Zipaquirá”, “Catedral do Sal”, “Cathédrale de sel”, “Minas de sal de Zipaquira”, and “Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira”

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

Latitude
5.01871° or 5° 1′ 7″ north
Longitude
-74.01033° or 74° 0′ 37″ west
Elevation
2,671 metres (8,763 feet)
Open location code
67Q72X9Q+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1461620799
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8029958
Wiki­data ID
Q2565876
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gatzaren katedrala (Zipaquirá)”
  • Basque: “Gatzaren katedrala”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá”
  • Dutch: “Zoutkathedraal”
  • Esperanto: “Salkatedralo”
  • French: “cathédrale de sel de Zipaquirá”
  • French: “Cathédrale de sel de Zipaquirá”
  • Galician: “Catedral de Sal”
  • German: “Catedral de Sal”
  • German: “Salzkathedrale von Zipaquira”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Garam Zipaquirá”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Garam”
  • Irish: “Ardeaglais Salainn Zipaquirá”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di sale”
  • Korean: “소금 성당”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Sal”
  • Russian: “Соляной собор Сипакиры”
  • Slovenian: “Solna katedrala Zipaquirá”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Sal”
  • Ukrainian: “Соляний собор Сіпакіри”

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Places to explore: La Concepción and Santiago Perez.

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Places to explore: Catedral del sal and Monumento a los mineros.

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