One section was reconstructed image of Bronze Age hut. It gives a clear idea of what the conditions of life were like in the high valley in ancient times. The few wooden items are proof of their great skill in handicraft. Inside there were mega slides transporting us from one level of the mine to another, taking us deep below in the mines.
There was this human size statue of Sepp the miner, who told the story of Man in salt; In 1734, the corpse of a prehistoric miner was found embedded into miner’s rocks, well preserved by the salt, but squeezed flat by the pressure of mountain.
The whole experience was an excellent one with children enjoying the most. The tour is indeed planned well and definitely worth its cost.
28 comments:
Very interesting post and beautiful pictures.Greetings Andrzej.
A fascinating post indeed and terrific captures as always, Indrani! Love the last one! And I would love to take the tour! Hope you have a great week!
Sylvia
Interesting piece of work.
I love tours that take you back in history and make you feel like you are almost living way back in time.
A fascinating journey this must have been! A taste of other lives! Great series of photos!
An incredible place, to be sure. Thanks for these.
I like the effects of the second photo.
A great and unique museum.
It does seem like an incredible eye-opener traveling into these mines and a little claustrophobic perhaps for some. The hardships and courage of people during these times is astounding.
What a great experience!
Fascinating.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
fascinating!!! am sure samhith would have loved it too, esp the story of the man in salt!
The guard is so tall! That must be a wonderful tour!
That's a lovely post. Thanks for sharing!
Delicious photos, my favorite is the second, full of mystery.
Wow ....
it looks very mysterious
and also a little scary
but kids do like an adventure :P
Great shots :)
Wunderbare Eindrücke, schöne Fotos, ein wunderbares Erlebnis...
Liebe Grüsse Dir aus der Schweiz
Hans-Peter
That must have been an awful life ! very interesting post !
nice post with photos
What a neat tour, my hubby would like this place. Wonderful photos and post, Indrani!
Interesting, Indrani! Isn't Hallstatt the place where they found Celtic graves? There seems to have been a large Celtic population.
Interesting and exciting experience .
Really interesting post!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Interesting indeed.!
What a fabulous experience for the children as well as you all. I would love to have gone into the mine. Had to look up the meaning of funicular..had no clue as to what it was. I think I would handle the mine a lot better than the ride in the funicular. The photos are great...I really got the feeling of what you all were experiencing.Thanks for a great post. genie
Hi Indrani, thanks for your comment. The problem is that schizophrenic people like two of my close relatives, hear voices or see things we cannot hear or see. If they take medication they are very sensitive and kind people, because they need this medication just as much as any other patient suffering from a metabolic disease, because that's what it is.So they don't need to be executed but put on medication.
Sometimes relatives warn the doctor that their son, daughter, husband or other relative is acting dangerously. If doctors are wise enough to listen they help immediately and force the patient to take medicines. Sometimes however they are too late. These patients are always frightened and very lonely. I have seen this in my family and my heart breaks when I think how awful life must be or had been for them.
I was searching for the snap of a funicular. The Utensils looks superb
You must have had a wonderful time. I have visited some of our own underground coal mines and found the conditions are horrible.
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