Rudolf-mine

Locaton: Turda city, Transylvania, Romania.
“(…) The Salt Customs in Turda are mentioned for the first time in 1075 a.d. During the 13 century, Turda’s salt mine is mentioned in official documents at the 1st of May 1271, when the mine was offered to the Catholic Church’s Transilvanian leaders. These and the bishop of Transilvania subsequently, would get privileges for using the salt from the mine in Turda. Salt Rooms where built in order to better coordinate the extraction, transportation and storage. According to a report made up by the royal inspectors Paulus Bornemisza and Georgius Wernher in 1552, the main salt room was that in Turda and the salt was extracted form both, “the large” and “the small” mine. As for its quality people would say that salt “is good and solid” (sal ipse bonus et solidus – lat.).
Towards the end of the 17 century and the beginning of the 18 century, the mining in Transilvania revigorates due to some initiatives of the Royal Court in Viena meant to encourage the economy of the province. (…)”
The Rudolf-Mine is one of the main halls from this mine.