More Zipaquira pics

A reproduction of Mike's famous Sistine Chapel mural done in salt.A Creche carved into the mountain.
This is a Piata sculpture done by a local artist and the figures' features are those of the native culture.
This is a picture from the town square, Plaza de los Comuneros of the Catedral Diocesana de San Antonio. It wasn't open so we couldn't go inside. It was built from stone quarried locally, but not the salt ore or it would have dissolved by now.
Salt is still mined from the mountain as it has been since prehistoric times. Now it is mined with high pressure water hoses and the brine is pumped out and processed. The guide said there was enough salt ore to last for another 500 years at the present rate of mining. In this square there were some musicians busking, which is a high art is Colombia. They were playing traditional instruments like guitars and pan pipes and dressed in costumes that looked straight out of a John Wayne movie with buck skins and feather head dresses. And they entertained us with a nice selection of Beatles tunes.