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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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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Aug 11, 2005

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sylvio Dittrich

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