Turda Salina it's on Durgăului Alley 7. This is the new entrance. Another entrance is on Salinelor 54, the old entrance. Free parking is available at both entrances. You can also use bus line 17 to get to the saltworks. Visiting hours are daily from 9am to 5pm, with the last entrance at 4pm. The full admission ticket costs RON 85 and the reduced ticket costs RON 55 on weekends and public holidays. On all other days it's 10 ron cheaper. There are also daily pass rates for those who come daily for treatment, group, guide, filming events.
Full details can be found at https://www.salinaturda.eu/vizitare-si-tarife/.
Turda Salina invites you to discover the most spectacular underground architecture in the world modeled by man. It has a sci-fi look.
The salt deposits here formed 13.5 million years ago in a sea in a very warm climate. The sediment layer pressed down the 400-meter-thick salt layer and formed a 1,200-meter salt mushroom. There is archaeological evidence of salt mining at Durgău-Turda from the pre-Roman period, from the 2nd century B.C. The first documentary evidence of salt mining in the area dates back to the 11th century, when the salt mines of Turda are mentioned. In 1932 the exploitation of salt from Turda was stopped. Until then there were at Salina Turda the Iosif mine, Rudolf mine, Terezia mine, Ghizela mine and Anton mine.
Salina Turda was reopened in 1992 for tourist and spa purposes. You can visit the mines Iosif, Rudolf, Ghizela and Terezia, the crivacul, the altar, the Rich Men's Staircase. Treatment rooms have been set up, as well as leisure facilities such as areas for sports activities, boat rides on the underground lake and all in a futuristic architectural setting.
Salt from Salina Turda could provide the world's salt needs for 60 years. Salina Turda is on the list historical monuments in Cluj county.
The saline's website is https://www.salinaturda.eu/.
The Franz Josef Gallery is the old underground entrance gate. It was built in the 19th century to transport salt to the surface, first with horse-drawn sacks, later with horse-drawn wagons. In World War II it was used as a shelter and later as a cheese store. The Joseph mine hearth is 115 meters deep.
access gallery
the old entrance gallery
Turda Salina
Crivacul is a salt mining machine. Today's crivac was built in 1881 and is the only one in Europe still in place. The screen is actually the extraction machine. It is a vertical-shaft winch fitted with four drive arms to which horses were harnessed, which by moving in a circular motion around the machine. A rope pulled over the pulleys reached into the mine hearth where the sacks of salt were. Full sacks were brought to the upper level and empty ones lowered to be filled.
cricket
mine wagon
the mechanism of the sieve
In the Hall of Appeals there were miners coming in and out of the Rudolf Mine. In the middle of the hall we notice Rich Rich Ladder. It is said that after Emperor Franz Josef descended this staircase, no miner was allowed to use it. The staircase, made of fir-wood, provides access to the Theresia and Rudolf mines and is the oldest wooden structure in the salt works. In a recess in the salt is the Altar, the miners' place of prayer.
Court of Appeal
From the Franz Josef Gallery, signposts lead us to the mine balconies. From here we have a view of the Rudolf and Theresia mines. Also from the balcony, there is a staircase leading down into the mine, as well as the modern exterior elevator that most visitors use to go down. From here we can admire the spectacular architecture of the mine, the futuristic layout that attracts photography and filming.
view in Mina Terezia
mine balcony
amphitheater
Mina Rudolf
elevator
Theresa Mina
Mina is named in honor of Prince Rudolf of Austria. Mina Rudolf is 42 meters deep, 50 meters wide, 80 meters long and has a trapezoidal dome. It is the last salt mine in Turda. From the balcony to the base of the mine there are 13 floors and 172 steps. Salt stalactites have formed on the ceiling. In the Rudolf mine there are sports fields, a playground, a big wheel, an amphitheater, a photo exhibition and a shop.
map of Romania made of salt
Turda Salina
playground
big wheel
venue
photo exhibition
minigolf in Rudolf Mine
The Terezia mine is under the Rudolf mine. Getting between the two mines can be done by stairs or another elevator. The Terezia mine is the oldest mine here. The attraction here is the underground lake, where you can take boat trips. The Terezia Mine is 90 meters high, 75 meters in diameter and 112 meters deep from the mouth of the shafts. The lake is 6 meters deep. In the middle of the lake an island has been formed from the residual salt, where there are places to relax, all set in the same attractive scenery.
by boat on the underground lake
Theresa Mina
illuminated salt
resting place in Terezia mine
Turda Salina is a well-known and visited tourist attraction. Remarkable is the bold architecture of the saltworks, which attracts tourists. Visit Salina Turda, a really cool place!
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