Located in the village with the same name, in Bukovina, at the eastern foot of the Obcina Mare (Great Ridge), the Cacica salt mine is one of the oldest exploitation of salt recrystallized from brine in Europe, unique because its galleries were dug by hand, without any machines. For the exploitation and extraction of salt weren't used trolleys, the only way of access in underground being the fir stairs, mineralized by the brine that went into the wood. The galleries reach to 44m depth, to Grota Piticilor (the Elves Grotto) and to Sala de bal (Ballroom), also dug by hand, without machines.
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