Part of the interior at Salt Mine,Turda,Romania - 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.

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Part of the interior at Salt Mine,Turda,Romania - 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.