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The Tragic Tale of Potosí

Hotels in Potosi Set at 4090 meters (13420 ft) above sea level, Potosí is the highest city in the world and once was its most wealthy, thanks to the silver mines of Cerro Rico. Remnants of Potosí’s...

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Drinking with the Devil in Potosí’s Mines

Mining Books By far the most popular tourist activity in Potosí is a visit to the mines of Cerro Rico. They’re still active, so a tour entails walking past soot-covered miners hard at work in...

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The Casa de la Moneda in Potosí

Buy Silver Online Heralded as Bolivia’s best museum, the Casa de la Moneda offers a fascinating look back at a time when Potosí was the center of the Spanish Empire’s wealth. This mammoth building in...

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Potosí’s Convent of Santa Teresa

Our Visit to a Convent in Valencia, Spain Disillusioned by the horrors of Cerro Rico’s mines and the callous greed of their families, a number of Potosí’s young women renounced the world by entering...

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Glorieta Castle is Ridiculous … In a Good Way … Mostly

Our trip to Granada, Spain Don Francisco Argandoña and his wife Clotilde Urioste Velasco were among the most important members of late 19th Century Bolivian society. He had made a fortune in the mining...

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