Potosi

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Image of Potosí Silver Mines located in Potosi, Bolivia | A miner in Potosí. (Syzmon Kochanski/Flickr)
Potosi, Bolivia

Potosí Silver Mines

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire

At a height of over 4,000 meters, Potosí, capital of the Bolivian state of the same name, is one of the highest cities in the world. But even an elevation as high as this does not stop the nearby... »

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