Caption

The Seilitz white earth mine, where kaolin has been mined underground for and by the MEISSEN porcelain manufactory without interruption since 1764. The old mine, the smallest in Europe, has been closed, here the new building in the immediate vicinity of the old mine

Date

Sep 15, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

Reference

BRK24F37_153

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,3Mb (2,0Mb) / 17,3in x 11,5in / 5184 x 3456 (300dpi)

Keywords

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