THE SALT KINGDOM. 7,000 YEARS OF HALLSTATT HISTORY

Hallstatt (Austria) is a well-known and important archaeological site from the Bronze and Iron Ages, famous in European prehistory for its rich necropolis. But it is also world famous for its salt mines, which are being studied by archaeologists. The guide details what it was like to work in the mines and what the prehistoric tools found in the mines, from the Natural History Museum in Vienna, were like. It also includes a historical overview of the role of salt in the province of Alicante.