Salt-mine
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Salt Mine in Soledar city located on the street October. The first salt mine town was opened in 1881. For more than a hundred years underground in the earth layer system formed workings with a total length of over 200 km, the height of the corridors at times up to 30 meters.

Rock salt is no accident was called "stone", as the walls of caves in strength in no way inferior stone, and passing under the arches of the oval, just do not understand that this is - the salt beds, or just carefully carved in granite cave ...

The main attraction Soledarskoy salt mine is a huge salt room "Camera 41 bis", where you can watch the unique phenomenon such as a sound effect clouds to see the real weather calendar distant times, as well as a scheme of ancient winds.

In 2003, "Chamber 41 bis" was officially established a record listed in the Guinness Book International - the first underground ballooning hot air balloon, and in 2008 was made one more record - the famous hero Dmitry Khalaj could lift 100 pounds of salt . Sometimes, in the salt room are symphony concerts. The first took place in October 2004

In Soledar salt mine at a depth of 300 meters operates speleosanatory "Salt Symphony", designed for 110 seats. It successfully treat various allergic and respiratory diseases, as well as rejuvenate the body. The main principle of the activities of the sanatorium was the use of only non-drug treatment.

Later in Speleosanatorium "Salt Symphony" is planned to create a cinema, skating rink for roller skates and a bowling alley. The ceiling, walls, floors and trees - all made of salt. The underground salt mines you can see the different shapes of salt, unique salt palm, which is similar to palms "Mertsalova" symbol of Donbass, and visit the Church of salt.

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