St. King's Chapel

St. King’s Chapel, also known as the Underground Church, is a Polish shrine that has served as a church for employees of the Velichkov salt mines for over a hundred years. It was created in 1896 on the initiative of one of the miners - Józef Markovski. It is dedicated to Kunigunda of Hungary, the patroness of salt miners in Poland.

St. Kingi Chapel is located in the west of Velichkov, in one of the suburbs of Krakow, in the south of Poland. The chapel is located on the territory of the salt mine, at a depth of 101 meters underground. The length of the church is 54 meters, its maximum width is 18 meters and its height is 12 meters. One of the most striking elements in the interior of the church is an unusual chandelier, which is made of salt crystals. Here you can also see several salt statues of saints, including St. Kingi, St. Joseph, St. Clemens, John Paul II, and a salt copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting The Last Supper.

All the sculptures in the chapel of Kunigunda of Hungary were created by the famous Polish sculptor Stanislav Anol.