Chelm Chalk Tunnels

The Chelm Chalk Tunnels are a gadget of tunnels dug into the chalk beneath the metropolis of Chelm in japanese Poland. The tunnelling commenced within the Middle Ages for chalk mining and became discontinued inside the 19^th century. The tunnels also served Chelm's inhabitants as shelters during raids, wars and pillage. The gadget is now open entirely for vacationers. In overall, the community of tunnels stretches for around 15 kilometres. The Chelm Chalk Tunnels are precise in Europe or even the arena. Chelm is a small city, one of the oldest in the Lublin vicinity of Poland, in the east of the USA. The chalk tunnels came into being due to the exploitation of rich chalk deposits which lie under the floor.

Starting within the Middle Ages, for masses of years, beneath Chelm's antique metropolis buildings massive pits have been dug from citizens' cellars. The chalk become dug out through the population of Chelm, who took it immediately from their cellars, and then offered it. After some time the corridors linked up, growing an underground system of corridors. Large chambers, called 'halls', got here into being as a result of the unplanned connecting of many pits, which existed on numerous levels even 20 metres underneath road level. In the 19^th century it became decided to terminate chalk extraction because the tunnels commenced to hazard inhabitant safety.