The Silver Mines of Potosi
June 6th 2007 Untitled June 6th-ish This beautiful and chilly little city of Potosi is supposedly the highest in the world at 4090m. In 1987 it was named a unesco world heritage site for both its colonial architecture and its rich and tragic history, of which i knew nothing about before i came to bolivia. In 1544, silver was discovered in the mountains that tower over p
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