Old Part of Town

Last Day in La Paz

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May 24th 2011
So I started off this morning hitting a few of the museos I have yet to see. My Spanish teacher mentioned a pretty special part of town and she was right. It had kept the same old architecture style from years back, which is almost not possible to find in other places of La Paz. They have taken the neighborhood and created museos with colonial art, pottery, etc. The first museum dealt with t ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more