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The Underground Church
Kristineberg Vaster botten
The Bothnian Coast
Northern Sweden
Sweden
0953-20454
Type: Religious Site
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The Bothnian Coast
Northern Sweden
Sweden
0953-20454
Type: Religious Site
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Mining in Kristineberg started in the mid-1930s. One day in 1946, an extraordinary discovery was made by the workers when they found a portrayal of Jesus Christ on the wall over 100 m (300 feet) below ground level. The three-m (10-foot) Jesus figure in white and silver raised a lot of eyebrows; unfortunately it vanished just a few months later after blasts filled up the shaft.
Today, you can view a reconstruction of the portrayal in the underground church not far from where the discovery was made. The church, Saint Anna, is named after the patron saint of the miners. The underground church is open during the summer with guided tours that cost 125 kr/$13. There is also a museum and a café next to the
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