Franz Josef Gallery

Franz Josef Gallery is the gateway to the entrance into the depths. An underground maze that invites us to another dimension.

Realized between 1853 and 1870, Franz Josef Gallery was built to make surface salt transport easier and cheaper. Formerly, salt was transported here, first in bags placed on horseback, then, starting with the end of the 19th century, with the help of wagons towed by horses.

After the cessation of the exploitation, Turda Salt Mine became an air raid shelter for the city’s population during the Second World War and later, between 1948 and 1992, a section of Franz Joseph Gallery was used as cheese warehouse.