Caption

The Fairy Caves are a show mine created from a disused mine in Saalfeld, Thuringia, on the edge of the Thuringian Slate Mountains. It was opened in 1914. The fairy grottoes are particularly famous for their colourful stalactites, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

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BRK24E82_219

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Keywords

Central Europe Colourfully Europe Europe's Exhibition mine FRG Fairy Grottoes Famous Place Feengrotten German German Federal Republic Germany Low mountain landscape Middle Europe No People Republic of Germany Saalfeld Saalfeld an der Saale Thuringia Thuringian Thuringian Slate Mountains Thüringen Thüringer Schiefergebirge abandoned architecture attraction belowground building cave closed colliery colored colorful colorfully coloured colourful construction countryside decommissionin deserted different coloured disused dripstone dripstone cave edge empty famed famous former geology history of architecture landmark landscape landscape photo landscape shot low mountain range mine mining multi-colored multi-coloured multicoloured natural landmark nature no one nobody open air out of service out-of-service place of interest renowned scenery shale mountains shut down sight slate mountains stalactite stalactite cave stalagmite stalagtite structure subterranean tourist attraction tourist landmark tourist spot travel photography underground uninhabited uplands variegated