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Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral

A cathedral carved inside a salt mine 200 meters underground, about an hour north of Bogotá.

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Time Needed
Half a day

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A cathedral carved inside a salt mine 200 meters underground, about an hour north of Bogotá.

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