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Second Life of Post-Mining Facilities: Mines as a Tourist Attraction of Southern Poland
Second Life of Post-Mining Facilities: Mines as a Tourist Attraction of Southern Poland

Author(s): Zbigniew Hojka
Subject(s): Tourism
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Southern Poland; mining; tourism;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present a tourist mining path located in southern Poland. This involves coal, silver, gold, salt, flint, chalk, uranium mines and oil wells. It includes some buildings connected with workers and mine-owners as well. These buildings were previously tied to mining. Currently, they function as museums or service-buildings.

  • Issue Year: 41/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 121-142
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English