Last week I found myself wandering around the magnificent St Kinga Cathedral in Krakow, Poland. Set 135 metres below ground in a working salt mine, St Kinga's chapel is a marvel of human ingenuity and a testament to what can be achieved when society commits to deliver on a project.
The chapel began as a place of worship for miners in Southern Poland and has been expanded numerous times to become a seriously impressive piece of architecture in its own right – it was even visited by Pope John Paul II, the former Bishop of Krakow, on numerous occasions.
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